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Welcome to English at the Movies — American Classics — where we teach you American English heard at the movies.
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In the 1998 movie, The Truman Show.
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Truman Burbank does not know his whole life is a television show.
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Hidden cameras broadcast The Truman Show 24 hours a day around the world.
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All the people in his life, including his wife, are actors.
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His hometown is really a stage.
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After observing strange events and behaviors, Truman begins to question his sanity.
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Listen for the words "being spontaneous."
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- Truman! - Where shall we go?
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Where shall we go?
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- Truman, where are we going? - I don't really know. I guess I'm being spontaneous.
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Somebody help me! I am being spontaneous.
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What do you think "being spontaneous" means?
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Is it A) acting in a way that causes trouble, or B) doing something that is not planned?
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Truman!
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Where shall we go?
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Where shall we go?
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- Truman, where are we going? - I don't really know. I guess I'm being spontaneous.
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Answer is B.
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Being spontaneous is doing something that is not planned.
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Truman got an urge to be spontaneous after feeling he was being tricked for mysterious reasons.
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And that's English at the movies.