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B1 Intermediate English 7:14 Educational

"Don't Lose Your Accent / Learning Accents" - TREVOR NOAH (Pay Back The Funny)

Trevor Noah · 12,374,657 views · Added 1 month ago

Learning Stats

B1

CEFR Level

5/10

Difficulty

Subtitles (141 segments)

00:00

The newspapers say that, he’s famous.

00:01

So now people treat you like you’re famous, they say the weirdest things to you.

00:04

Strangest thing people would say to me, “Trevor! Trevor!”

00:06

“Well-done on everything hey. Congrats! Congrats!”

00:09

“But, even though you are going to America”

00:11

“Don’t forget us alright? Don’t you forget us.”

00:15

Like, “I don’t even know who you are.”

00:19

People would say the weirdest things to me. You know the number one thing people have said to me?

00:23

It’s not good luck. It’s “Hey Trevor”

00:26

“Good luck over there, but whatever you do.”

00:28

“Don’t forget your accent, alright?”

00:30

“Yes please. Don’t pull a Charlize on us, okay?”

00:34

“You keep your accent, make us proud.”

00:37

Everyone said that. “Treva bro!” Treva Noah!”

00:41

Hey, mom’s child. You are making us proud.”

00:43

“You do us proud, but can I ask you a favor?”

00:46

“Don’t lose your accent, okay? Don’t lose your accent.”

00:50

“Yes. When you come back from the States, you mustn’t come back talking funny.”

00:53

“Please Brother. If you lose your accent, don’t come back.”

00:58

“Did you just threaten me?”

01:01

What does that mean? If you lose your accent?

01:03

How do you lose your accent? People make it sound like you’re going to be walking down the street

01:07

And then just out of the blue, you'll be like,

01:09

*Searching his pockets*

01:12

“My accent!”

01:15

“I lost my accent!”

01:17

“Where the hell is my… Oh!”

01:20

“Oh, Hello. No! That’s not my accent!”

01:24

How are you going to lose your accent?

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