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854. The Invitation (Learn English with a Short Story)

Luke's English Podcast
2024 ж. 12 Мам.
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🎧 Learn English with a short story.
🗣 Listen & repeat after me if you'd like to practise your pronunciation.
💬Learn some vocabulary in the second half of the video.
📄 I found this story in answer to a post on Quora.com asking about true scary stories.
I thought I could use it to help you learn English. Can you understand the story, and predict the twist at the end?
📄 Read the original by Lance Stephenson here www.quora.com/What-are-the-be...
🔗 Page for this episode on my website with a word-for word copy of the story teacherluke.co.uk/2023/11/28/...
🏆 Sign up to LEP Premium to get extra episodes in your podcast app of choice, all about vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation, with stories and more www.teacherluke.co.uk/premium
0:00:00 Introduction
0:03:01 Story starts
0:09:45 Story summary
0:21:05 Vocabulary teaching

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  • Listening you makes me feel like I'm an English master... I can understand about 99.5% of what you say. A real pleasure!

    @anzgabriel@anzgabriel18 күн бұрын

  • Finally I find a teacher that I like.

    @thewhisperofsoul2182@thewhisperofsoul21822 ай бұрын

    • yes

      @panleon72@panleon722 ай бұрын

    • yepp

      @TeiMaVi@TeiMaVi2 ай бұрын

    • Yes

      @user-qy6su8jc1s@user-qy6su8jc1sАй бұрын

    • ㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄅㄆㄆㄆㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅㄆㄆㄆㄅㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄅㄆㄆㄆㄅㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄅㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄅㄆㄆㄅㄅㄆㄆㄅㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄆㄅㄅㄆㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅㄆㄆㄅㄆㄆㄆㄅㄆㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅㄆㄆㄅㄆㄆㄅㄆㄅㄆㄆㄆㄆㄅㄆㄆㄆㄅㄆㄅㄆㄆㄅㄅㄆㄅㄅㄅㄅㄆㄆㄆㄆㄅㄅㄅㄆㄅㄅㄅㄅㄆㄅㄅㄆㄅㄅㄆㄅㄆㄅㄆㄅㄆㄅㄅㄅㄅㄆㄅㄆㄆㄆㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅㄆㄅㄅㄆㄅㄅㄅㄈㄅㄅㄆㄆㄅㄆㄅㄆㄅㄆㄅㄆㄅㄆㄅㄆㄅㄆㄅㄆㄅㄅㄅㄅㄅ

      @cgordius@cgordiusАй бұрын

  • It's a pleasure learning English with you! Parliament should give you a monthly payment for spreading the language like that 😊.

    @vicentejouclas2518@vicentejouclas25185 ай бұрын

    • HA, ha, ha, ... If that happens, I will do squats every day of my life. I say this because politicians only think about themselves. This channel helps us understand more English. Thanks.

      @relishrodriguez4954@relishrodriguez49545 ай бұрын

    • @@relishrodriguez4954 ; There was a time when having a place in Public Administration was not a profession 🤔

      @vicentejouclas2518@vicentejouclas25185 ай бұрын

  • Thanks so much Luke for all your podcasts especially when you share with us the short stories; I love listening and reading them👍👌😊

    @marygoldfatema8139@marygoldfatema81395 ай бұрын

  • You are the best English teacher I have ever seen!

    @yeeshao7275@yeeshao72755 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for your enthusiastic teaching. You looks like an actor sometimes, which makes it really fun!!

    @jessie566@jessie56615 күн бұрын

  • Thank you so much Luke! The very useful podcast. After your lessons I get to know many new words. It’s really priceless. ❤

    @VeronikaBanquet@VeronikaBanquet5 ай бұрын

  • More podcast like this pls 👍👍 Best regards from Italy !!🇮🇹

    @chrisbraut1192@chrisbraut11925 ай бұрын

  • I like your podcast for many reasons. I wouldn't enumerate them, but you simply have become my source of inspiration for acquiring the language the most practical way. Thanks very much for bringing us all very interesting episodes one after the other.

    @mahindasiriwardena7404@mahindasiriwardena74045 ай бұрын

  • Luke , please make all your videos like this video include analyzing the vocabularies and grammars

    @hazemmohamed6858@hazemmohamed68585 ай бұрын

  • Great thanks for your job!!! It's enormous help for those who needs to practice their English.

    @user-rx4ij5cl5r@user-rx4ij5cl5r5 ай бұрын

  • I am of one your premium listeners because you're such an amazing teacher. I enjoy listening to you, and your teaching is great. Thank you!

    @Kamilu15@Kamilu155 ай бұрын

  • Thanks Luke! You are wonderful. It was a pleasure to be here with you during this time, listening, learning, laughing and imagining the meaning of the story...

    @Patriciahbp@Patriciahbp4 ай бұрын

  • The best podcast! The best story teller! Love you❤❤❤

    @sousburger2118@sousburger21184 ай бұрын

  • Your voice and pronunciation is extraordinary Lucas. Thank you!

    @user-uf4nu7ir8s@user-uf4nu7ir8s3 ай бұрын

  • Hi, Luke! I hope you're great! Please, more of this kind of videos!! I really enjoy and learn with this video format. 🙏. Geetings from Venezuela.

    @rubenvalles3526@rubenvalles35265 ай бұрын

  • I am very pleased to sit listening to you Luke entertaining me and finding myself taking notes as l used to do some 30 years ago during english classes.

    @carsfadl837@carsfadl8375 ай бұрын

  • the way you describe the words, particularly the adjectives is incredible and make thek fixed in memory

    @srarshi@srarshi3 ай бұрын

  • Wow 😲! We've been in for a treat, Luke! A thousand thanks 🙏 for the podcast! I've loved 😍 this preternatural, beyond-the-grave, sort of Stephen-Kingy, Carpenter-ian short story, with a delicate touch of Hitchcock on it. I couldn't help but being all the time mulling over The Mist, Psychosis... An invigorating shot in the arm for starting the week! Wish you a fruitful one!

    @joseantonioestrella4752@joseantonioestrella47525 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for this outstanding podcast experience, Luke

    @gostego77@gostego774 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for your podcast. It is very useful for me to learn English

    @tsetsegmaaravjindamba2082@tsetsegmaaravjindamba20825 ай бұрын

  • I really like your short stories but sadly have finished all of them recently. Hope you can introduce more stories ;) Thanks!

    @flower6754@flower67545 ай бұрын

  • You are the best teacher that I have ever seen.❤

    @Realisticmotivation860@Realisticmotivation8605 ай бұрын

  • Hello, Luke! Thank you for the story. I think it's a great and a sad story. The guy came to the wrong house. They were not his aunt and uncle, but they seemed to be happy to have a visitor. Maybe they were very old people, maybe they had Alzheimer's disease. And they really didn't want him to leave them.

    @yurymaestrovitkalov160@yurymaestrovitkalov1605 ай бұрын

    • Yeah, that's what I also thought

      @aifoc5054@aifoc50545 ай бұрын

    • they wanted to kill him and eat

      @cabdullaahimaxamad5437@cabdullaahimaxamad54375 ай бұрын

    • Never be naive and trust people you don't know.

      @nadjetkellal5557@nadjetkellal55575 ай бұрын

    • It's a matter of staying the whole night with them and being uncoscious of what is happening around you !!

      @nadjetkellal5557@nadjetkellal55575 ай бұрын

    • Right. I agree with you guys, the risks were possible in that house. Luckily, he felt an urge to escape from there. Such was a good feeling. The old couple might have been dangerous or might not, but a potential risk was hidden somewhere in the house.

      @HuongNguyen-dl9qs@HuongNguyen-dl9qs4 ай бұрын

  • Hello Luke, thank you for another story! I like very much the way you teach english. With your stories I improoved noticeably my leastening skills!❤️❤️❤️

    @nataliashevchenko6881@nataliashevchenko68815 ай бұрын

  • Bless you for your great work 🙏

    @jlalithjayasinghe9452@jlalithjayasinghe94524 ай бұрын

  • Excelente voz, pausa, ritmo, para educar el oido. Gracias, gracias

    @rosalbaprietorubio3519@rosalbaprietorubio35195 ай бұрын

  • Luke, I hope you’re well. You’re the best guy who teaches English. I appreciate it. Wish i talk like you clearly.

    @ugurkaplan1715@ugurkaplan17155 ай бұрын

  • Hi Luke. Please more videos with short stories and vocabulary explanations. On the one hand, you learn the formal language, on the other hand, you learn the everyday language when explaining vocabulary and you are so good at both!🤟🏻

    @cevahir1155@cevahir11555 ай бұрын

    • well, there are many videos of this kind in the premium subscription.

      @quovadis9372@quovadis93723 ай бұрын

  • OMG ! That was spine-chilling. I expected a more dramatic ending, though! Thanks for the content. I love your podcast.

    @normacarrillocruz8903@normacarrillocruz89035 ай бұрын

  • you are the best teacher and comedian I have ever know . Those two combined your episodes never get boring Luke

    @user-rs1yb1ej1e@user-rs1yb1ej1e5 ай бұрын

  • 알아듣기가 쉽고, 집중이 잘 되고, retelling해주고, 이야기를 전체적으로 스토리텔링해주니까, 생각하게 해주는 수업이네요. 퀄리티있는 수업 감사합니다 ^^!

    @Rollingcreativity@Rollingcreativity3 ай бұрын

  • Thank you very much for the fun lesson! I really appreciate that I can learn English through the stories. Your voice is so good. Many thanks 🥰🙏

    @ctsswd2658@ctsswd26583 ай бұрын

  • Thank you, Luke. It was so useful. I find that the format of the short stories with your explanation is very good way to memorise new English words. Please keep doing it.

    @user-ln1cw6ez5d@user-ln1cw6ez5d5 ай бұрын

  • Thank you, Luke, you are the best. Great Podcast.

    @lrubinn71@lrubinn715 ай бұрын

  • Thanks Luke! Learning English in a fun way is wonderful!

    @veradellaqua1883@veradellaqua18835 ай бұрын

    • I think like you!

      @MHZ-gc2bw@MHZ-gc2bw5 ай бұрын

    • really an excellent lesson!

      @tomhenri4210@tomhenri42105 ай бұрын

  • This new podcast episode which I've just finished listening was really interesting🌟. I really enjoyed it! Thank you for everything! 😁

    @ionela_andreea30@ionela_andreea305 ай бұрын

  • I came back to English and I'm glad to watch you again! 😊

    @dushniy-ded@dushniy-ded3 ай бұрын

  • Thank you so much Luke for your excellent videos! Merci beaucoup Monsieur! 😊

    @ujwaljagtap8681@ujwaljagtap86815 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for sharing a Premium episode. You sound like having a bad cold, hope you get better Luke.

    @gladysridella5032@gladysridella50325 ай бұрын

  • Hi, Luke, I am delightful to hear the story. As I said before you are fantastic narrator. I love that ❤

    @ferigol9993@ferigol99935 ай бұрын

  • Thank u teacher Luke. Your explanation is clear and easy to understand, wonderful. 🙏🏻

    @christinali8880@christinali88805 ай бұрын

  • thank you very much luke, for your nice, clear and understandable explanation I really love it

    @linahayirli3418@linahayirli34183 ай бұрын

  • Hi Luke! Thank you very much for your podcast. It really helps me to learn English. There are a lot of interesting stories, interviews, visitors. I like your family and your relationship in it. It was very touching to listen your discussion with your wife and daughter when you gave a birth to your son. You are like my relatives from other country))). Be happy and thanks a lot!!!

    @user-jw8ce6vl7y@user-jw8ce6vl7y5 ай бұрын

  • when I feel lonely working on my projects and documents at night, I always come to your podcast, thank you teacher Luke

    @janieforb@janieforb5 ай бұрын

  • It is the first time I hear your podcast and I absolutily loved it . I learned a lot in a very pleasant way. You are an amazing teacher. Thank you. Regarding the storie, I think he was very clever to get away from there, because the night would bring the really scary part of it.

    @analuciacolabone1575@analuciacolabone15753 ай бұрын

  • I wish everyone spoke english like you

    @alvarogalan8548@alvarogalan85485 ай бұрын

  • Thank you very much, Luke😊. Learning English through story was engaging as always. My favourite type of podcast on LEP. Do them more often, please 🙏 I wanted to add that your podcasts are included in the recommendation list for emproving listening skill, in the first place, by one popular English school in Russia - Inglex. This was exiting to find out 😉

    @yulyiaeki4337@yulyiaeki43375 ай бұрын

  • Hello Luke, I love this episode. It is interesting and informative. Thank you so much. 💓

    @clouis8079@clouis80795 ай бұрын

  • Your pronunciation is incredible, you are one of the few people I understand perfectly with the level of English I have right now. Greetings from Cuba.

    @holdencaulfield3079@holdencaulfield30795 ай бұрын

    • ❤

      @sarathperera2541@sarathperera25414 ай бұрын

    • ​@@sarathperera25419:49 9:49 😂

      @karimadjebali3479@karimadjebali34793 ай бұрын

    • ​@😮😮😮😅😮😮😮😅sarathperera2541

      @linhtun8245@linhtun82453 ай бұрын

  • BEST TEACHER ❤❤❤

    @nedimeuzunyol@nedimeuzunyol3 ай бұрын

  • Nice, very helpful. I have been listening to these english podcasts in the past two months and it's very helpful to improve my English. . I found that learning English from Story and News is the best way to improve the fluency. Great job, many thanks!!

    @Downtime440@Downtime4405 ай бұрын

  • It is amazing way to listen to the spech for a long time without any tension. All of this pretty comprehansive.

    @alexkarpov1728@alexkarpov17284 ай бұрын

  • I would like to say hi from Phuket Thailand, I really like to listen to your podcasts to improve my English 😊

    @gungmangkorn1593@gungmangkorn15934 күн бұрын

  • Thanks a lot for sharing these enjoyable histories with us. It's really nice to listen to you, and moreover we learn a lot of you. Have a wonderful day! People like you deserve it 😊

    @user-em4kh9gb1l@user-em4kh9gb1l5 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for helpful videos. I like your clear voice. I'm from Japan, and I had allergic to English. I didn't have confidence to use English, especially in grammar. You explain difficult words easier, so I can understand these stories.

    @spacegeckos40@spacegeckos405 ай бұрын

  • This is a brilliant story. You read perfectly, the pauses are very well made - it is easy to understand the story. Thank you! 🙂

    @user-bo4eg5bn2h@user-bo4eg5bn2h3 ай бұрын

  • Thank you so much for your podcast

    @silviabolognini2627@silviabolognini2627Ай бұрын

  • I've been listening to this story for the third time, I write down the most important and useful words and phrases. And it's really helpful for improving my English, I think. Anyway, Luke, I just wanted to say you that you are an incredible teacher. And you are the number one teacher for me. 🎉❤

    @danushek3413@danushek34135 ай бұрын

  • this is very wonderful series, please make more videos about teaching English with a short story like this, thank you so much

    @MaiHoang-dg9bt@MaiHoang-dg9bt3 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for making your podcast Luke I really appreciated ❤

    @RookieBea@RookieBea5 ай бұрын

  • Your English lessons are the best!!! Thank you🙏

    @leew8906@leew89064 ай бұрын

  • Super & Great Sir. Thanks very much Sir.

    @NBNagarajan@NBNagarajan5 ай бұрын

  • Formidable ! Thank you so much for your professionalism!

    @louli7929@louli79293 ай бұрын

  • I listened to this story twice: during the day and late in the evening. The time of day affects reception! In the evening, the story seems more terrifying. And your comment on this story, Luke, makes it even scarier when you suggest what might have been an ingredient in the dish, what might have been in the locked room. Such uncertainty and ambiguity stimulates our imagination and evokes greater fear than some obvious bloodthirsty monster.😮

    @agnieszkag.9581@agnieszkag.95815 ай бұрын

  • You're a great story teller and litteraly my heart was increasingly beating widely 😅 nice story

    @DaddouWedd@DaddouWedd4 ай бұрын

  • You are the excellent story teller. I wish to have some more from you

    @ejjapureddivenkateswararao2052@ejjapureddivenkateswararao2052Ай бұрын

  • Teacher Luke, you are truly good at making sound effects.❤❤

    @greenjohn4567@greenjohn45675 ай бұрын

  • I always watch your video eagerly as I learnt a lot! Thank you very much the enduring professional teacher! ☺

    @akrambassaerian3688@akrambassaerian3688Ай бұрын

  • Thank You 😀 You are the BEST teacher I have ever met 🙏🙏🙏🙏

    @ghiocacarmen1@ghiocacarmen1Ай бұрын

  • Thank you for these videos. They are great for learning English. Please, keep going. Very grateful Maria:)

    @Maria-sd8oj@Maria-sd8ojАй бұрын

  • So great, after realizing this podcast I feel enthusiasm while speaking in English. Many thanks.

    @juliuswacira9708@juliuswacira97084 ай бұрын

  • Hi sir. To be honest I always pick up more useful vocabs from your podcast. You really deserve millions of respect. I am from Morocco.

    @hamidhammachi5151@hamidhammachi51515 ай бұрын

  • Hello Luke ! This is Hailee who is from China ,l like the way how you teach and hope you can tell more stories in the future ❤

    @user-pu8px2de6g@user-pu8px2de6g5 ай бұрын

  • Thank you so much for your work !!

    @Ksenia-fd8br@Ksenia-fd8br3 ай бұрын

  • Thank you so much for your outstanding podcast. I really enjoy listening and learning. You are the best English teacher!

    @user-fz8pw8ju4h@user-fz8pw8ju4h2 ай бұрын

    • If u want to learn english check my channel

      @Englishl.earner@Englishl.earner2 ай бұрын

  • Hi Luke, you make such a good podcast,I improve my listening skills

    @taemamo747@taemamo7475 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for this great lesson!

    @anyarodionova8889@anyarodionova88895 ай бұрын

  • Hello there! Tonight's weather where I live, with its wind, thunderstorms, and rain, is setting the perfect mood for a creepy story. The wind is howling, thunder is rumbling , and rain is pouring down, creating a frightening atmosphere outside. And I love creepy stories 👀

    @esraalev@esraalev5 ай бұрын

  • You are amazing teacher luke there is no start a day but listening to your podcast to cheer me up and then my day being started

    @elhamfonooni7346@elhamfonooni73465 ай бұрын

  • Thank you Luke .. your videos are sooo useful and informative

    @embashr2906@embashr29065 ай бұрын

  • The wonderful lesson! Thank you Luke !

    @dmytrotymoshenko5044@dmytrotymoshenko50444 ай бұрын

  • Hello teacher. I came across your video by chance. I’m impressed how you teach English. Besides telling the story clearly it’s a funny way to learn. I started learning English when I was old ( 69). I would say it’s hard to learn a new language. I’ve already tried some learning techniques but I struggle when I want to speak. I will follow your learning tips to brush up my English skills. Thank you so much.

    @aliceviana7599@aliceviana759922 сағат бұрын

  • thank you. You are the best bodcast I found until now.

    @user-zy1kb6tk6j@user-zy1kb6tk6j5 ай бұрын

  • Hi Luke, It is only yesterday that I came across your podcasts. A genuine pleasure to hear speaking english as if a friend was talking to us. Or sharing part of the afternoon, casually chattering with us in our living room. Today I listened to the short story you called The Invitation : I found it really thrilled and compelling ! Let me tell you why. As soon as the author drove through the countryside, signs of desolation appear - scattered here and there in his story : the poor reception of the phone, the old fashioned map he had to rely on, the roads without any names and the scarce post signs if any... at last this thickening sense to be away from any kind of civilisation... Lost ! Let's go further... The house completely covered in leaves, branches and overgrown trees : there we are ! At that stage, I felt we were heading to a kind of a split space-time story ! (which would have been fine, too) Ant then, comes this fairy-tale encounter. Now, imagine the old couple ; from their point of view a stranger has suddenly appeared in the night, a lonely young man lost in the remote countryside. Well,then : a warm -hearted welcome will confort him, for sure, and what's best than a nice stewed meal to lift his mind up ?! We would had been grateful to any parents if our beloved son - those room is shut since its departure (or death ?) - had recieved such warmful greetings. And since the lost young man showed signs of trouble or despair - he never stopped talking of his family and of a cousin whom he should meet here - We decided to keep him here over night - sound and safe - presuming that a return home would have been too hazardous in his state. The following development gave us reason - for as soon as we headed to our son's room - left empty since his departure - and getting it ready for him, our young fellow had vanished ! Disappeared in the thickness if the night ! What a weird feeling indeed ! For my part I do believe this story is true. It also can be seen as a metaphore of what this young man was then living. Il belongs to him and only he will find out. What is sure is that he still recalls it seven years later... Kind regards

    @catherinegergeaux5561@catherinegergeaux556119 күн бұрын

  • Dear Luke: Thanks for your explanation in English. I am studing English since few months, and my teacher have sent me your video. It was amazing, entendible, with clarity and very interesting. You have an excellent communication and voice. Thank you a lot again :)

    @camilataday2392@camilataday23924 ай бұрын

  • Very first time here, in your Chanel, and I love the story and your class... Thank you, I really appreciate it. From now on, I'll keep an eye on your work.

    @user-tw8ke4qq8e@user-tw8ke4qq8e5 ай бұрын

  • Thank you very much for your amazingly beautiful work as always!

    @biitongheo81@biitongheo81Ай бұрын

  • I had never seen before a excellent teacher like you

    @PraveenPokhriyal-yo6ho@PraveenPokhriyal-yo6ho2 ай бұрын

  • Hi there, I find the story useful for English beginners. While learning a language, one needs entertainment! And this story allows to create mystery without a particular complicated plot. Listenning to your explanations is useful for all levels! You are great!Luke, I'm from Siberia and I wonder if you are going to make a video next year on any of W. S. Maugham's stories. It's going to be 150th anniversary of the writer. If you haven't had such plan, may I ask you to think of one😊?

    @user-gb8tb4bf2r@user-gb8tb4bf2r5 ай бұрын

  • Great podcast! Thank You Luke 😊

    @jolantaszwakop1622@jolantaszwakop16224 ай бұрын

  • Hello Luke!!! This short story really captured my attention.I enjoyed it very much and besides, you are a very good teacher because of your way of teaching ,you are vey punctillious and I like it.Thanks a lot.

    @mariaines62@mariaines623 ай бұрын

  • this is a great way of learning english! thank you so much!

    @esraelworkeneh3269@esraelworkeneh32695 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for the podcast! I enjoy it!

    @elenasavin9213@elenasavin92135 ай бұрын

  • No doubt U are the best English teacher and ur podcast is great, I understood all story,it was easy for me. The English it was my favorite subject in school,when I was young Thank u a lot

    @lu_ik1565@lu_ik15654 ай бұрын

  • another great lesson. i like all your content but short story videos are my favourite videos on this channel. thanks.

    @muro_35@muro_355 ай бұрын

  • Hello Luke, I really like this kind of videos ,it's understandable and enjoyable ,thank you very much, I appreciate your work to came up with this wonderful video ❤.. Your fan from yemen🇾🇪

    @user-ks1jo1fx7f@user-ks1jo1fx7f5 ай бұрын

  • good morning luck ,your pudcast is so useful and brilliant even i learn the English language through listening to you ,so thankful ❤❤🙏

    @user-lm8hs9vh7i@user-lm8hs9vh7i5 ай бұрын

  • Hi Luke thank you for all your amazing efforts You seem as you have a flu and fever but still you made a great lesson 🎉

    @psychoanalystdr.randarezka8428@psychoanalystdr.randarezka84285 ай бұрын

  • Thank you for the sharing.

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