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Okay, are you ready?
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I hope so.
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Big smile.
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Deep breath.
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Move that body.
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Feeling good.
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You’re a fantastic English learner.
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Are you ready?
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Are you ready?
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Let’s do some English here.
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Mini-story for “The Power of Reading.”
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* * * * * There was a monkey.
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The monkey’s name was Filbert.
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What was there?
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There was a monkey.
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And what was his name?
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Filbert, his name was Filbert.
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What was Filbert?
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Filbert was a monkey, of course.
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What did Filbert like to do?
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Oh, you don’t know?
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Well, Filbert liked to shoot mosquitoes with
a gun.
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Hm, interesting, yes.
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Filbert liked to shoot mosquitoes (y’know,
bzzzz), he liked to shoot mosquitoes with
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his gun.
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What did Filbert like to do?
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He liked to shoot mosquitoes with his gun.
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What did he like to shoot?
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Mosquitoes, Filbert liked to shoot mosquitoes.
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With what?
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With his gun...pow, pow, pow...
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Luckily he had total competence with his gun.
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Was he very skilled with his gun?
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Oh, yes.
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He was very skilled.
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He was very good with the gun.
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He had total competence with his gun.
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Who had total competence with his gun?
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Filbert the monkey, Filbert the monkey had
total competence, total skill with his gun.
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He had total competence with what kind of
gun?
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With a small handgun?
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No, he didn’t have total competence with
a handgun.
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He had competence with a rifle.
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A rifle is a big, long gun.
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Who had competence with a rifle?
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Well, Filbert the monkey, Filbert the monkey
had total competence, total skill, great,
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high skill with his rifle.
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Because, in fact, shooting mosquitoes is very
demanding.
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Is it easy to shoot mosquitoes?
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No, it’s not.
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It’s not easy to shoot mosquitoes.
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It’s very demanding.
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It’s very tough.
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It’s very difficult to shoot mosquitoes.
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Is it easy to shoot mosquitoes or is it difficult
to shoot mosquitoes?
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It’s difficult.
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It’s very demanding.
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It’s very tough.
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It’s very difficult.
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It’s demanding to shoot mosquitoes.
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It makes you tired.
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It’s tough.
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It’s not easy.
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But Filbert the monkey practiced shooting
mosquitoes every day.
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He practiced in the morning, pow, pow, pow.
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He practiced in the afternoon, pow, pow, pow,
pow, pow, pow.
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He practiced in the evening, pow-pow, pow-pow.
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And he practiced at night, pow, pow, pow,
pow, pow, pow, pow.
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It was very demanding.
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It was very tough.
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But he did it every day.
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He practiced with his rifle.
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Shooting mosquitoes every single day, every
morning, every afternoon, every evening, every
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night.
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Filbert practiced shooting mosquitoes.
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It was demanding.
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It was tough.
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Was Filbert a stupid monkey?
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No, no, no, no, no, no.
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Filbert was a very intelligent monkey actually.
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In fact he was very well read.
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He would read books and shoot mosquitoes at
the same time.
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So he’s reading a book and shooting, pow,
pow, pow, pow, pow.
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What kind of monkey was Filbert?
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He was a well read monkey.
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So did he read a lot of books?
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Yes, he read a lot of books.
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He was a well read monkey.
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So he was a well read chicken, right?
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Not a chicken, he wasn’t a chicken.
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He was a monkey.
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He was a well read monkey.
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He was a monkey that read a lot of books.
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Who was a well read monkey?
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Filbert, Filbert was a well read monkey.
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He was a well read monkey and he had total
competence with a rifle.
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In fact he could shoot and read at the same
time.
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What did he shoot?
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He shot mosquitoes.
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He shot mosquitoes every day.
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What did he read?
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Well, he read philosophy books.
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Filbert read books about philosophy.
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He read books about religion and philosophy.
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He read Plato and Aristotle.
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He read books about Buddhism.
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He read books by the Dalai Lama of Tibet.
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In fact, the Dalai Lama was his favorite writer.
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What did he read?
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He read philosophy books, especially books
by the Dalai Lama.
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While he read books by the Dalai Lama, what
did he do?
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He shot mosquitoes, right?
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While reading books by the Dalai Lama he also
shot mosquitoes, pow, pow, pow, reading reading
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reading, pow, pow, pow, reading reading reading,
pow, pow, pow, reading reading reading.
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So at the same time he read books by the Dalai
Lama and he shot mosquitoes.
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He was a well read monkey with competence
in the rifle.
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Now because he read so many books by the Dalai
Lama he subconsciously learned the Dalai Lama’s
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philosophy.
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Did he consciously learn the Dalai Lama’s
philosophy?
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No, not consciously.
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He didn’t try to learn it.
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He didn’t try to memorize it.
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Not a lot of effort.
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He subconsciously learned the Dalai Lama’s
philosophy.
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Did he learn it effortlessly?
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Yes, he did.
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He learned it effortlessly.
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Did he learn it intuitively, naturally?
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Yes, he learned it subconsciously.
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He learned the Dalai Lama’s philosophy subconsciously,
naturally and intuitively.
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What did he learn subconsciously?
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The Dalai Lama’s philosophy, he learned
the Dalai Lama’s philosophy subconsciously.
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Who learned the Dalai Lama’s philosophy
subconsciously?
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Filbert the monkey, Filbert the mosquito shooting
monkey subconsciously learned the Dalai Lama’s
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philosophy.
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Now of course the Dalai Lama’s philosophy
is very peaceful.
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The Dalai Lama does not like killing.
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He’s a peaceful man.
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Was Filbert a peaceful monkey?
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No, every day he was shooting mosquitoes,
pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow.
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So there was a problem.
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He was shooting mosquitoes and killing them
every day but he subconsciously learned the
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Dalai Lama’s philosophy.
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Oh no, oh no.
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And so one day Filbert decided to never kill
again.
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He said “I will never kill another mosquito.”
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Filbert became a peaceful monkey.
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He threw his gun into the river.
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What did he do?
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He threw his gun into the river.
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What kind of monkey did Filbert become?
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He became a very peaceful monkey.
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Did he become a peaceful monkey or a violent
monkey?
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He became a peaceful monkey.
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Why did he become a peaceful monkey?
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Well, because he subconsciously learned from
the Dalai Lama.
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He subconsciously learned the philosophy of
the Dalai Lama, which was peace and kindness.
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So Filbert never killed again.
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He became a peaceful, loving, wonderful monkey.
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The End.
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* * * * * Alright, good.
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Well, I hope you’re feeling peaceful and
loving right now and I hope you’re feeling
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happy and I hope you’re smiling.
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And if you’re not, do it now!
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Deep breath, big smile, shoulders back, chest
up.
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Feel great.
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You are learning English.
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It’s a great day.
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You’re feeling wonderful.
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See you next time.
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