In today's episode,
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we'll be traveling and learning English
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Vietnam's imperial city
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once home to 13 kings.
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and I've got a list of things
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So, let's learn some English
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and the first activity
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is to feed these koi fish.
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So I am crouching down
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and chucking the fish food in the pond.
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To chuck is to throw.
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Behind me is a small stone wall.
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I'm sitting on the wall.
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Now I'm touching the grass
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and this grass is very short,
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This is a boulder – which is a large rock.
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So we call these rocks.
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These are smooth rocks.
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The texture is smooth.
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You wanna give 'em some food?
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Tons of fish. You're right.
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There are tons of fish.
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There's a new word to learn – tons.
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Now they're gonna go mental.
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After feeding, the koi fish are satisfied.
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Meanwhile, bees collect nectar from a sunflower.
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A bird hops from branch to branch,
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Water cascades down the waterfall.
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A man cleans the koi pond
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and scares the koi away.
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A woman meditates on the grass,
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Now it's time to get out of this kimono,
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get dressed, and go to town.
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One..two.... Hello!
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We are going to the Pagoda,
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but we're gonna take a little detour
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and ride around the imperial city first.
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See the ancient temples.
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We're riding on a Xích lô
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We call it a pedicab in English,
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which is a bike taxi.
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They have something similar in Thailand.
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They have a rickshaw.
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Alright, a little break here.
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it could be a Xích lô made for a king
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or a pedicab made for a king.
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Yeah, I'm definitely allowed.
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Let me just... one sec...
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get in the mindset of being a king.
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I feel like a king.
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Can I teach a cool word here?
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Yeah, I can. Alright.
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So the word is juxtaposition
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a contrast of two elements in the same space.
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So right now we're in the emperor's old house.
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You've got all the old photos of the emperor
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and you've also got a brand new
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modern television there.
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These elements juxtapose each other.
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There is a juxtaposition between the modern
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Chang looks like she's headbanging.
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haha, you look like a bobblehead.
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It's lovely to be a passenger
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and just take in the sights.
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Enjoy the calmness and the peace of it.
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Alright, we just made the next stop
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on our little Xích lô tour
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And apparently, the man just told us
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that this place used to make gold
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So if we're lucky, we might find some gold.
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Oh, sick. There's a little bridge.
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Alright, time to teach.
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This is a small bench.
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The bench is made of wood.
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I'm standing up and I'm walking across a bridge
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and I'm looking at a small pond
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and we have some more koi fish
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and these are mini koi fish.
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I'm walking backwards across the bridge.
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Hopefully I don't fall.
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And this bridge kind of
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has an interesting shape to it.
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It's not completely straight.
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We are walking along a path.
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This tree is pretty mad.
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The limb there, a big thick branch.
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So down here are the roots of the tree.
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And the roots keep the tree firm in the ground.
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keep us firmly planted on the floor.
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I like to think of the branches of the tree
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as our hands, and the leaves as our fingers.
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I like this metaphor.
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It's a nice way to remember.
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Is this our stop? Yeah
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Okay, we have arrived at Thiên Mụ Pagoda,
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which is hopefully gonna be beautiful.
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It's been recommended
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by my good friend James.
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for always giving us great recommendations.
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Anyway, let's go up the stairs.
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So, we are walking up the stairs.
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We just climbed that set of stairs.
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Wow, these trees are beautiful.
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Look at these guys.
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This is one of my favorite trees.
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A beautiful pine tree.
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I'm touching the trunk of the pine tree.
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If I break off a little piece,
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this is called bark,
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which is like the skin of a tree.
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It's also the sound that a dog makes.
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So, these are steps,
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and we are walking up the steps.
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This is an archway,
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and this is a ladder,
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which normally you climb,
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but I'm not going to climb
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because I've been told I'm not allowed.
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This is a statue of a turtle.
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It's beautiful here.
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Ooh, we've got some steps.
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There's a bell up here.
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Again, I'm walking up some more stairs or steps.
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And at the top of the steps is a bell.
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It hurts my knuckles.
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These are my knuckles,
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and I'm knocking on the bell
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for it to make a sound,
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they are burning some incense sticks,
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and I've got to be quiet
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so as to respect the people here.
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Alright. So this is a grass strimmer.
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You can hear the noise.
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The man is strimming grass.
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Never seen a monk strim grass before,
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and you know what else I've never seen?
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a monk on a motorbike.
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This is a bonsai tree
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and it's in a hexagonal-shaped plant pot.
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A hexagon is a six-sided shape.
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This at the bottom,
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I love the feeling of this stuff
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This is a gate, and you would go through the gate.
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I just went through the gate.
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So I am walking through
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my favourite place on earth,
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And in particular, this is a pine forest.
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There are large pine trees.
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Now from the pine trees
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we have a pine cone
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which protects the seeds inside.
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This is a twig, which is a small stick.
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I can snap the twig.
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I could also eat the twig
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but, I'm not gonna do that.
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But I am gonna watch
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these two boys play badminton
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while a monk is walking past.
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Ooh, what's over here?
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and some lily pads on the water.
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A man is putting an incense stick in the pot.
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Two girls, one in red, the other in blue,
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are eating and taking in the view.
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At the bottom of the picture,
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two people are floating on a paddle board.
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A Chang is walking through the gate
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and down the steps.
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we booked a cruise on the Perfume river.
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people once boiled hundreds of flowers
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and poured them into the river,
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and that's why it's called the perfume river.
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They served as afternoon tea
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and cute little cakes.
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Chang's enjoying her tea.
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Alright, that's the pagoda that we were just at,
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and we are standing
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on the deck of the boat,
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This boat is called a cruise
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when you cruise along the river.
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While we were cruising,
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I spotted a man swimming.
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He was wearing goggles
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and had a float attached to him.
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It was quite an odd sight,
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but I was buzzing to capture it.
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We spent the rest of the time
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eating, drinking, and chilling out.
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I'd give it a solid 9.9 out of 10.
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Would cruise again.
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As we ride the train home,
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I feel that same buzz I always do.
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Trains always bring me to my happy place.
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They remind me of old memories and good times.
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That's why today's final word is...
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which means a warm, happy feeling you get
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when you remember good times from the past.
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It's been a long journey to get here
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and we're only just getting started.
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Couldn't do this without you.
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