– English Lyrics

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[English]

-♫ What To Buy, What To Buy, What To Buy ♫

-Hey, everybody. This is Jo Firestone,

our new products correspondent.

Hey, Jo, thank you for joining us tonight.

-Oh, thank you for having me, Jimmy.

-Hey, how are you? -There we go.

-Now, you´ve scoured the Internet

for new and interesting products to show us tonight,

and I´ve agreed to buy --

I´m going to buy one of them from you.

-Yes, you -- Yes. -Yes.

But I have to warn you, I´m not easily impressed.

I´m a tough sell, so you´ve got your work cut out for you.

-That´s fine.

I´ve been to Harvard Business School and back.

-Okay. Here we go. -I -- I --

-What have we got first? What are we talking about here?

-Okay, the first thing we got first is, uh --

This is what you call a Sport Time

Football Snack Dispenser, okay?

-Uh-huh, yeah, yeah, yeah. -This is really great.

-I don´t know if I would need this.

-No, no, this is good if you want to serve your friends

M&M´s one at a time or...

Look, it´s -- Yeah. There you go.

There you go. Just -- Oh. There you go.

Just three at a time. That´s good.

This is for the game.

-Okay. Why would you ever want to do that?

I mean, why not just put this in a bowl or something?

-Well, I mean, uh, look, it´s -- It´s easy to load.

[ Laughter ]

-What do you do? How do you load it?

Oh, oh, uh -- yeah. I actually don´t know.

Um... -How did this get in here?

-I don´t know. I don´t know. Oh, uh, you know what?

Maybe we don´t shake it. -Okay. I won´t shake it.

-Okay, but, see, this is great.

You know, this is the kind of thing where you could do it --

What could you put in here? -M&M´s.

-Yeah. What else? -But what else?

-Uh, gumballs. -Gumballs. True.

-I love gumballs at a party.

-Let me ask you a question. -Yeah-huh?

-I know you love gumballs at a party,

but say you´re eating chicken.

What if it´s too dry?

-[ Laughs ] What?!

-Okay, so, then -- So, then we have --

Look at this. What if it was hot sauce?

-Oh, all right, all right, all right.

All right. Now we´re talking. -Okay, this is really good.

-All right. I don´t mind this. Yeah.

So this -- You have the -- -Yes, there you go.

There you go. Put it under. Put it under.

There you go. There you go. Uh -- Yeah!

-Ew! Yeah, there it goes. Yep.

All right. How much does that retail for?

-Oh, I don´t know. Probably 70.

-All right. Good. 70. Dollars?

-Oh, who knows? -You don´t know.

[ Cheers and applause ]

I don´t know. I don´t know about that.

I´m not sure about that one. What do you have next here?

-Oh, this next one is really good.

This is -- You ever get --

You ever get outside when it´s raining?

-[ Laughs ]

I´ve been known to go outside now and then, yeah.

What´s the worst part? -Ohh! You get wet.

-Ohh! Yes. -Right?

That is unbelievable. -It´s unbelievable.

So that´s why we got the Hands-Free Umbrella Hat Cap.

-Uh-huh. Okay.

[ Laughter ]

Do this -- Oh. Okay.

-So, you want to put it on? You want to try it on?

-Uh... -Is that a yes?

-I mean, I don´t really want to.

-There you go. That´s it. Yeah, just ease it on down.

There you go. There it goes.

[ Cheers and applause ]

That´s good, yeah.

That´s good.

[ Laughter ]

-Yeah. -Now look at this.

Are you ready? You ready? You ready to stay dry?

-Yeah, I´m going to stay dry. Here we go.

-You staying dry? -No. I´m soaking wet.

I´m soaking wet. Thank you very much.

-Okay. All right. Okay. Here.

You want me to help you take that one off?

If you just run backwards, I´ll --

Oh, no. Oh. Oh, n--

[ Laughter ]

Yeah.

It´s good. -How much is that worth?

-Oh, this is at least 30 bucks online.

-Yeah. You´re making up prices. This is insane.

What else have we got here?

-So, this next one -- What´s coming up?

-Your birthday? -No. N-- Oh! No.

-When is your birthday? -Oh, don´t worry about it.

-What´s coming up? Thanksgiving.

-Yeah. -Okay.

-Yeah, sure. -Halloween! Halloween!

-Oh, no. I mean, any of them. Sure.

-What -- What were you thinking of?

What´s coming up?

-The cool -- cool -- cool weather.

Okay, so. it´s cool weather.

-I should have guessed the cool, cool, cool weather is coming up.

That´s -- Of course. Yes. The cool, cool, cool weather.

Yes, so what do you do?

-And that´s exactly why we have the Barbarian Octopus Beanie.

[ Laughter ]

-Okay. -Yeah.

-I don´t quite understand why anyone would --

-Well, now, this is the kind --

Sorry. This -- She´s my sister.

-[ Laughs ] This is based on your sister?

-Yeah. This is based on my sister´s head.

But that´s not the important part.

The important part -- Look at this. Look at this.

Look at this. Isn´t this fun?

[ Laughter ]

-That´s not bad. -No.

[ Applause ]

-Look at that. This is great.

We look like a couple of criminals.

[ Laughter ]

This is great. We look fun. We look good.

-I think this really -- Yeah, this is fun.

This one, I kind of -- I totally understand this one.

-This is cute.

It keeps the front of your face warm, which never is warm.

Yeah, this is very good.

Now, do you want to buy any of these yet?

How do you feel? -I´m on the fence.

I´m on the fence.

Yeah. I don´t know which one I want to buy yet.

-I totally get that ´cause, you know,

that´s why I saved the best for last.

-Okay. -This is the best one.

Now, we got to bring out. This is very important.

Questlove, could I get, like, a real juicy drum roll?

[ Drum roll ]

Yeah, okay. So this is -- This is really great.

Come along here. This is really great.

This is the One-Person Rejuvenator.

Okay? -Okay.

-Oh, sorry. The -- It´s over.

[ Drum roll stops ]

Okay. So -- -[ Laughs ]

[ Laughter ]

Wasn´t that juicy, yeah. The One-Person Rejuvenator.

-I already said it. -This is exciting.

All right. So what do I do here?

-Okay, so, it´s very warm in here.

This is like a personal little sauna area.

It´s like -- You can take it anywhere.

Do you want to try to get in? -Yeah.

-Okay, so, this is very warm. And you sit in here.

-Do you have to have a chair?

-Yeah, you sit -- Yeah, sit in this chair.

-Chair doesn´t come with it. -It´s very warm in here.

I will warn you. It´s very warm.

-Okay, all right. This is very interesting here.

So, I get in this thing, and you put a chair in this guy.

-Yeah. Uh-oh. Let´s zip you up, okay?

So, there we go. You´re going to get rejuvenated.

Okay.

Doesn´t that feel good?

-Yeah, I feel a little trapped. -Oh, sure.

But doesn´t it --

When I´m in my Rejuvenator rejuvenating,

I like to read --

I like to read "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt.

You know, just settle down with it.

-That´s a very long book.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah. Do you want to try it out?

-Yeah, of course. I´ve already read it, but, sure.

I´ll read the last page. -Last page. Okay.

-I´ll read the last line. -Okay.

♫♫

It was all a dream. -No!

-It was all a dream. -No!

-I got to get out of this thing. I got to get out of this thing.

I got to get out of this thing. -Okay. I understand.

-Yeah, it´s fantastic. -It´s too hot.

-Oh, my God. -You want to buy it?

-No, I don´t want to buy it! All right, all right.

I think I know what I want to buy.

I like this guy. -That´s wonderful!

It´s thousands of dollars.

-How much is this one? -Yeah.

-I think this is the one right here.

-Yeah, well, it´s about $19.99, but there´s a surcharge.

-Do you take PayPal? -Yeah.

-All right, perfect. Jo Firestone, everybody.

I like this hat.

Thank you for all these great products. Jo Firestone!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
scoured /ˈskaʊərd/ B2	verb - to clean or brighten the surface of something by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent.
impressed /ɪmˈpres(t)d/ B1	adjective - feeling or showing admiration and respect for someone or something.
tough /tʌf/ A2	adjective - strong and durable; not easily broken or damaged.
Harvard /ˈhɑːrvərd/ C1	noun - a prestigious university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
interesting /ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/ A2	adjective - arousing curiosity or interest; holding or catching the attention.
serve /sɜːrv/ A2	verb - to perform duties or services for another person or organization.
load /loʊd/ A2	verb - to put or place a weight or amount on something.
dry /draɪ/ A1	adjective - containing little or no water or moisture.
sauna /ˈsɔːnə/ B2	noun - a room heated to a high temperature, used for dry or steam bathing.
rejuvenator /rɪˈdʒuːvəneɪtər/ C1	noun - something that restores youthfulness or vitality.
drum /drʌm/ A1	noun - a musical instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with a stretched membrane.
retail /ˈriːteɪl/ B1	verb - the sale of goods to consumers, in small quantities.
insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ B2	adjective - extremely foolish or irrational.
wet /wet/ A1	adjective - covered or saturated with water or another liquid.
criminals /ˈkrɪmɪnəlz/ B1	noun - a person who has committed a crime.

Key Grammar Structures

• This is Jo Firestone, our new products correspondent.

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple tense to introduce Jo Firestone as a permanent role.

• I’m going to buy one of them from you.

  ➔ Future with 'going to'

  ➔ The phrase 'going to' is used to express a future intention based on present evidence.

• I’m not easily impressed.

  ➔ Adverb placement

  ➔ The adverb 'easily' is placed after the verb 'am' to modify the adjective 'impressed'.

• This is what you call a Sport Time Football Snack Dispenser.

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'what'

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'what' introduces a clause that describes the noun 'Sport Time Football Snack Dispenser'.

• That’s good. This is for the game.

  ➔ Present simple in a statement

  ➔ The present simple is used to make a general statement about the purpose of the product.

• How much does that retail for?

  ➔ Present simple in a question

  ➔ The present simple is used to ask about the current price of the product.

• I don’t mind this. Yeah.

  ➔ Present simple with 'mind'

  ➔ The phrase 'don’t mind' is used to express indifference or mild approval.

• I got to get out of this thing.

  ➔ Informal contraction 'got to'

  ➔ The contraction 'got to' is an informal way to say 'have to'.