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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 117. The proverb today is
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monkey-see monkey-do. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. This phrase is
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often used with children imitating or copying others. Meaning other people.
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However it is not limited to children. When used with adults it suggests they
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are copying someone without thinking about it. Without thinking about what
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they are doing. Okay. Let's take a look at several examples here. And of course you
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know when we get monkey-see monkey-do it probably alludes to the idea if you ever
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watch monkeys, if have you ever gone to a zoo, sometimes if you could do something the
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monkey might actually copy. You know, or we've seen this before monkeys copy each
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other and they may copy human behavior too. So this is why we say monkey see
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monkey do. That's where the phrase the idea for the phrase actually comes from.
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But let's look at the examples. Example number one. You have to be
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careful not to use any dirty words in front of the children or in front of
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small children. They repeat and do whatever they see. You know how it goes.
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Monkey see monkey do. Yeah. You know, sometimes you, you might hear this. You,
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see this in the movies a lot. A little child might say the dirty word. Oh how
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did he learn that ? Where did he hear that from ? You know, obviously he heard it from
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another adult. So we sometimes say monkey see monkey do. So we use a lot with
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children. Number two. Yes. He says when children first go to school, they start
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picking up bad habits from other kids. It is just monkey see, monkey do. You know.
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maybe they'll start noticing what ... Why are you behaving like that ? And maybe
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they learned it from some other kids in school. All right. And let's look at number
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three. Many teenagers or even you know young adults get involved in
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law-breaking behavior. What are we talking about ?
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Maybe shoplifting, maybe taking drugs. Some something along
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that line. Due to peer pressure. It is a matter of
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monkey-see monkey-do. Yeah. Maybe they see some of their other friends. Maybe they
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get mixed in with a bad crowd. They see these other friends or their peers doing
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something and you know they might copy it. So in this sense , we could say
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monkey-see monkey-do. Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. I hope it's clear. Thank you for
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your time. Bye-bye.