VOCABULARY rubber band - gumka (recepturka) approximately - mniej więcej, w przybliżeniu as opposed to - w przeciwieństwie do, w odróżnieniu od to doodle - gryzmolić, bazgrać reason - powód for charity - na cele charytatywne throughout my life - przez całe (moje) życie mad - szalony glad - zadowolony back - tu: tył to see the back of sb/sth - chętnie się z kimś/czymś rozstać; chętnie się kogoś/czegoś pozbyć to be fed up with sth - mieć czegoś dosyć to be flown out - być przewiezionym samolotem to join - dołączyć, przyłączyć się to lift up - podnieść to release - wypuścić to bounce - odbić się to explode - eksplodować; tu: rozerwać się na kawałki to drop - upuścić, spuścić to hope - mieć nadzieję to pray - modlić się

LESSON 12
The biggest rubber band ball in the world

Tony Evans: My name is Tony Evans and I built the biggest rubber band ball in the world. There's approximately 6,000,000 rubber bands on it. I started building it back in 1997. I just started building the ball as opposed to doodling.

There's two reasons. One: it was for charity - that was the main reason, and the second reason was that I started things throughout my life and I've never finished them and I thought, 'This is one I'm going to finish'. And finish it I did!

The wife thinks I'm mad. The wife is glad to see the back of the ball because she's absolutely fed up with it.

When the ball is flown out to America, the wife and myself will be joining it and they're going to lift it up in a helicopter and they're going to release it to see what'll happen - will it bounce or will it explode. When the ball is dropped, I'm hoping and praying it will bounce. The wife is hoping and praying it'll explode.

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	Lesson 12

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OBJAŚNIENIA

porównaj zdania:

I finished it.
I did finish it. (większa emfaza)
And finish it I did! (jeszcze większa emfaza)

zamiast my wife można powiedzieć the wife, ale ma to nieco poufały ton i ironiczną wymowę

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