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[English]

okay here we go thank you so much for

coming what an amazing turnout my name

is Leslie Knope I am the deputy director

of the Parks and Recreation Department

and tonight we're gonna be taking some

of your questions as well we're having a

meeting in here does anybody have any

questions about permits we don't need

palaces the ideas are what shine in our

meetings what are you some kind of

why don't you have hand dryers in the

park bathrooms there's so much more

sanitary than paper towels anyone knows

that my dog went to one of your parks

and ate another dog's feces and I'm

going to sue you for that you're holding

coffee with the government shutdown

who's gonna stop al-qaeda one thing at a

time

I don't like obscenities just as much as

you don't know how it drives me crazy I

have kids right fine I've got my little

three-year-old I'm going through the

park and someone's like hey Mike the

guys you my dad these people are members

of a community that care about where

they live so what I hear when I'm being

yelled at is people caring loudly at me

nutriyums energy bars are just

absolutely loaded with high-fructose

corn syrup and fatty oils and any way

you slice it they're just extremely

unhealthy for you Leslie needs to butt

out the whole point of this country is

if you want to eat garbage balloon up to

600 pounds and die of a heart attack at

43 you can you are free to do so to me

that's beautiful

any questions if sugars so bad how come

Jesus made it taste so good uh yes but

isn't all food bad for you I've been

eating lasagna and muffins every day of

my life for 40 years and I feel terrible

great what's so bad about corn syrup

it's natural

corns of fruit syrup comes from a bush

oh boy

how do we know you're really a nurse I

am I promise they work at st. Joe's well

the point is my friend thinks you're

cute

give me your number so he can have it

yeah that's not gonna happen can I have

your email address no I think we ought

to throw those bars out neat ham and

mayonnaise sandwich that's not a good

idea so that's what today's forum is for

we're gonna hear suggestions from

everyone and then whichever items we

generally agree on will go into the time

capsule

please remember this is a government

project so we need to refrain from

corporate promotion and religious items

who would like to start I think we

should put in the Bible great okay

anyone else yeah if we put a tax on soda

I mean what's next

income sir you don't pay your income tax

whether or not I pay income tax is none

of the government's business well no

actually it is well you don't know my

name or what I look like so good luck

finding me anyone else anyone this

gentleman wants to say something no I

don't come on Mel you're always up in

arms about something no I'm not not

always up in arms about something here

we go that's the spirit

talk to me about what's bothering it

okay are there any more recommendations

for new games at the Rec Center my

daughter she loves chutes and ladders oh

come on there is no strategy to chutes

and ladders it's just luck

my daughter's five well your daughter is

an idiot our daughter is an idiot her

daughter is an idiot our daughter isn't

it it's the only Park in our

neighborhood I mean where am i kids

supposed to play the rock quarry there's

rocks in there why don't we just set

fire to the fence you know set it ablaze

that's arson well let's leave that up to

the lawyers point is it would work why

don't we build a fence around their

fence why would give us two fences so if

they needed to get to their fence for

maintenance and whatnot

their pants might get caught let the

filibustering begin I would now like to

share some ideas I have for JJ Abrams

seventh chapter in the Star Wars saga

pan down from the twins

tons of tatooine we are now closed on

the mouth of the Sarlacc pit after a

beat the gloved Mandalorian armor

gauntlet of Boba Fett grabs onto the

sand outside the Sarlacc pit and the

feared bounty hunter pulls himself from

the maw of the sand Beast I think we

should tax all bad things like racism

and women's vaginas we're not taxing

anyone's genitals what the hell are we

doing here come on boys

Oh can everyone hear me okay okay great

I'm Councilwoman Leslie Knope and today

we are here to talk about safe sex I

know this is a personal question but how

many of you out there are sexually

active oh my I have two partners often

at the same time Wow

thank you does anyone know what we risk

when we have unprotected sex heart

attack yes

but the truth is the greatest risk you

face is sexually transmitted diseases

these old people really having sex with

each other yeah what do you think

they're doing best way to prevent them

is to use protection well that's all

fine and good but what if the banana is

soft and mushy and doglegs sharply to

the left if he holds the reality gem

that means he can jump from different

realities this will be our link to the

Marvel Universe from the Star Wars

universe all taxation is theft it's the

government can't tax me I can I can do

this Grover give that woman her purse

back there's a lot of pill bottles in

here okay imagine those two going up

against robot Chewbacca that's gonna

happen after a beat Luke says Darth

Vader was my father but Ben Kenobi was

my master and he cuts Hannibal Lecter in

half okay my name is Ron you don't need

to know my last name whoever wants to

talk go ahead and we'll be out of here

at 8:15

I found a sandwich in one of your parks

and I want to know why it didn't have

mayonnaise

what's so funny oh yeah I don't think

kids should be allowed on the playground

equipment okay we've been over this if

you're worried about swine flu use hand

sanitizer I'm not worried about swine

flu I already have the swine flu I'm

worried about the turtle flu turtle flu

turtle flu

turtle flu is this gonna be a topless

Park I don't think there are topless

parks well let's build the first one and

be heroes if this is going to be a

topless Park I won't sign your petition

if she's going to the topless Park I'm

not signing the topless Park petition

you know I take that back I'm still in

what's up I'm Harris yeah forget

whatever that Pawnee Commons is I'm with

that pervert topless Park topless Park

topless Park Park top pure piss of the

pawnee lerpiss family there was supposed

to be a paunch burger and this lot next

to my house and then you strip my

freedom by putting a park there now if I

wanna start my day off with a triple

decker pancake breakfast pizza I got a

little one that's ten minutes away and

that makes me 20 minutes late to work

every day I work at home have you ever

considered not eating that for breakfast

I'll never consider that school it out

in two weeks what am I going to do with

my kids all day keep them in my house

where I live

I think the slogan should be Pawnee home

of crackers the oranges goldfish in

Indiana

okie dokie no no write it down who even

needs a slogan well now that is an

interesting point no that's my slogan

idea who even needs a slogan and then a

big picture of me flipping everybody off

look we don't know what the world is

going to be like in 50 years we we could

all have been wiped out from disease or

the flu so what's your suggestion I

don't know I'm just scared my idea first

slogan is when you're here then you're

home well that's lovely actually how'd

it print it up so we could see what it

would look like oh you hmm

this that's that's spelled wrong that

should be thin th e em stay strong let

them work it out and trust

Larry trust Larry are you even listening

to yourself

I like that slogan Oh Lots but you made

a little mistake there she's gonna she's

gonna worry

right back off your wrist spelled wrong

it should be y ou you are coops I didn't

catch it thank you my grandmother lived

in Pawnee for 60 years and I want to put

her ashes in the time capsule

my cat turnip was the greatest cat ever

and I'd like to put his ashes in the

time capsule

for the last time and I won't say this

again there will be no human or feline

ashes in either one of the time capsules

except for turnip except for turnip no

chanting can we see the condom

demonstration again because I don't know

where Lou has been well I I wish I I

could but I I'll screw it okay here this

is a penis right you put a condom on it

and you'd pull the tip like this and you

roll it all the way down the penis tell

you what condoms for everybody

[Applause]

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
deputy /ˈdɛp.jə.ti/ B1	noun - a person who is appointed to act as a substitute for a superior
turnout /ˈtɜːr.naʊt/ A2	noun - the number of people who attend an event
sanitary /ˈsæn.ɪ.tɛr.i/ B1	adjective - clean and hygienic
feces /ˈfiː.siːz/ B2	noun - solid waste matter discharged from the bowels
shutdown /ˈʃʌt.daʊn/ A2	noun - a closure of a factory, business, or public service
obscenities /ɒbˈsɛn.ɪ.tiz/ B1	noun - offensive or taboo language
extremely /ɪkˈstriːm.li/ A2	adverb - to a very high degree
unhealthy /ʌnˈhɛl.θi/ A2	adjective - not good for your health
balloon /bəˈluːn/ A1	noun - a small bag made of rubber or other material that is filled with air or gas verb - to increase rapidly
strategy /ˈstræt.ɪ.dʒi/ B1	noun - a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term aim
maintenance /ˈmeɪn.tə.nəns/ B1	noun - the process of keeping something in good condition
arson /ˈɑːr.sən/ B2	noun - the crime of deliberately setting fire to a building or other property
filibuster /ˈfɪl.ɪ.bʌstər/ C1	noun - an obstructive tactic in legislative assemblies
saga /ˈsæɡ.ə/ B1	noun - a long story, account, or sequence of events
taxation /tækˈseɪ.ʃən/ B2	noun - the act of taxing or the fact of being taxed

Key Grammar Structures

• okay here we go thank you so much for coming what an amazing turnout

  ➔ Exclamatory sentence structure, use of intensifier 'so much'

  ➔ The sentence expresses excitement and gratitude. The phrase 'so much' intensifies the thanks. The overall structure is a common way to begin a public address.

• I don't like obscenities just as much as you don't know how it drives me crazy

  ➔ Double negative construction ('don't like...just as much as you don't'), comparative structure with 'as...as'

  ➔ The sentence uses a somewhat awkward, but emphatic, double negative to express strong dislike. The 'just as much as' construction creates a parallel between the speaker's dislike and the listener's lack of understanding.

• you don't pay your income tax whether or not I pay income tax is none of the government's business

  ➔ Conditional sentence structure ('whether or not'), possessive 'government's', emphatic statement.

  ➔ This is a defiant statement asserting individual privacy and challenging the government's authority. The 'whether or not' construction emphasizes the speaker's independence from the government's concerns.

• I think we ought to throw those bars out

  ➔ Modal verb 'ought to' expressing obligation/recommendation, pronoun 'those' referring to specific items.

  ➔ The speaker is suggesting a course of action – to discard the energy bars. 'Ought to' is a more formal and less forceful way of saying 'should'.