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We got an email from our lawyer.

Callie!

Whoa!

I will kill you! Are you kidding me? Best prank ever!

I'm so sorry! 안녕하세요, 저는 Callie Anderson입니다. 오늘은 한국어를 가르쳐 드리게요. 이거는 banana예요. April Fools! I am pranking people all day today in honor of April 1st. Or April Fool's Day, so stay on your toes because I've got a lot of tricks up my sleeve today. I'm starting the day with some prank phone calls. My victims will be my family members. I'm calling my mom first because, sorry to say, she's the most gullible. My husband is currently applying for his green card, and every time I talk to my family on the phone, They ask how it's going because they're very excited for us to move to the US. So today I'm going to call them and lie about it and say that we got denied. I feel really guilty and I never lie about stuff like this, but it is April Fool's Day and I wanted to teach you guys some tips for speaking in English on the phone. So hopefully this will help you guys out. Just to be clear, I do not take the green card process lightly at all. It takes a lot of money, time, and effort, and there are no guarantees. My husband applied for his green card 2 years ago and we're still waiting for an answer. So this is just a bit of dark humor based on our own situation. Oh, sorry in advance, Mom. Hi.

Hi.

What's going on? I just kind of had to share some news with you. Okay. We got an email from our lawyer.

Yeah.

And the green card is denied for now. They just said that our evidence wasn't good enough and that we can reapply in a year.

Oh, my gosh.

So I don't know, with Alaska coming up, Hung and I won't be able to make it.

They won't even let him into the state?

No, not for a year.

Oh my gosh. It just doesn't even make sense.

I know it doesn't make sense to me either.

Oh, that just breaks my heart.

April Fools, Mom.

April Fools.

I'm so sorry.

Callie.

Oh, you brat.

I knew you were gonna call me a brat. I think she's gonna call me a brat. She calls me a brat a lot. Well, okay, I do have good news. Everything was submitted and they checked it and just asked for one more document, which we submitted. So I do expect that we will hear from them soon. I promise I'll call back with good news soon. Do you hear me? Are you there?

I'm cutting out.

You're breaking up. Can you hear me now? I can hear you.

So is that what you called for, just to get a hard time?

I'm filming a prank video for my subscribers.

Oh, so I'm on the video now? Oh, Callie.

I promise next time I call, you'll get good news. Sorry, Mom. I love you.

I love you too.

All right. Love you. Stay warm.

Okay.

Bye-bye. No.

Now I'm going to call my dad. Let's see if he falls for it.

Hello?

Hi, Dad. I just kind of have some news I wanted to share with you. Sorry if you were going to sleep already.

That's okay. What's up?

Well, the green card was denied.

What? On what basis?

I don't know, really. Just said that our evidence wasn't good enough.

Is there a number we can call to find out specifically what wasn't good enough?

I don't think so.

Are there any lawyers that specialize in the green card thing?

I mean, he does specialize in green cards.

There's got to be some way around that. Man, I don't know what to say. I'm in disbelief.

You should be, because April Fools!

No way, you little stanker.

Don't do that. I'm so sorry.

Did you get it?

No, I don't have that news, but I do actually think I think it's a good sign that they asked for more documents.

You could have waited until you got the okay to play that trick on me.

I'm filming a prank video for YouTube.

Okay, better not go public. It's a good thing I didn't start cussing or something.

That was my next reaction.

I'm surprised you fell for it.

If I could see your face, I could read right through it, but I can't see your face.

That's true. Okay, I have one question for you before we hang up. What do you usually say when you want to end a phone conversation and hang up the phone?

I guess I say, well, I'll let you go for now, or I gotta get going, something to that effect.

That's perfect, that's all I wanted.

All right, you little stanker.

I love you, Dad.

I love you too.

All right, bye-bye. Oh, I felt so guilty. I'll make up for this. The last person I'm calling today is my sister, but first I'm going to teach you the oldest trick in the book for prank phone calls. Somebody calls and says, is your refrigerator running? And then when the other person says yes, then you respond, well then you better go catch it. Run has two meanings. The first meaning is when something with power is turned on. For example, the car is running. That means I started the car and it's on. Of course, run can also mean to move your your body quickly. So that's what this prank is. It's a play on words. So I'm going to test my sister and see if she catches on to this joke.

Hello?

Yeah, hi.

Sorry to call you so late. Oh, I just had a really quick question for you. Yeah, you're good. Is your refrigerator running? Well, I better go catch it.

I knew it. What the fuck?

I'm prank calling you. God, That was a terrible prank call. Okay, I have another test for you then while we're at it.

Okay.

If somebody calls you and you don't have time at the moment, but you can talk like 5 minutes later, what do you say to them? I'll call you back in 5. I'll call you back in, and then the amount of time.

Yeah.

Okay, perfect. Just wanted to know. You wanted to prank call me and then ask for my help?

No.

Love you.

Love you too.

Bye. Bye.

Let's review some English phrases that you can use on the phone. The first is for when you have a bad connection. You can say, "You're cutting out," or "You're breaking up." You might also ask, "Are you there?" or "Can you hear me?" To respond to these questions, you can say, "Yeah," I'm still here, or yeah, I can hear you now. Number 2, if you're busy when someone calls you, you can say, can I call you back in blank? In the blank, you can put an amount of time. Can I call you back in 5 minutes? Can I call you back in a little while? Number 3, when you want to end a conversation and hang up the phone, you can say, I'll let you go, or I gotta get going. All right, well, I guess I'll let you go. Adding filler words like alright, well, and guess can make it sound a little bit less direct. I'm pranking people all day today, but what the cameraman doesn't know is that I've prepared a few pranks for him as well. First of all, I bought him a coffee on my morning walk, which I usually do. But he had to run to the post office, so I poured the coffee in a separate cup and I mixed water with balsamic vinaigrette, so that's what this is. Here we go.

What did you put?

It's vinegar.

Vinegar? Oh shit! Yeah! Wow, that was good.

Did I actually get you?

Yeah, I took a big sip.

It was full.

Muahaha.

Ah, you're one there.

I'm just gonna play the clip and then you just write down like what I say.

Okay.

Number 1, I just listened to my mom and it was like—

Oh shit, got you!

Oh, oh, oh shit, I'm 2 for 2 so far. Hey babe, will you come look at this really quick?

Have a squat. What?

Okay, that was my first fail. I even had the mic on.

Stand up. Oh no, no, this is supposed to be like fart sound.

Yes. I'm so sad. What a letdown.

Like this? Yeah.

Okay, here we go. Dang, I fumbled that one. I really had high hopes for this.

Fail.

What the heck? Babe, the toilet's smoking. Come look at this. This is weird.

Huh?

The toilet is smoking. For my last prank of the day, I'm going to gaslight my friends using AI. I'm making fake pictures, and I'm going to text it to them and just completely lie to them and see how they react. First, this is my friend Illy. I'm going to put a funny hat on her and message her asking for it back. I also made an image to send to my friend Dahoe. I created this fake Facebook memory of us at a rave. We've never gone to a rave together. I'm excited. I can't wait to see their reactions. I'm gonna text Illy right now. "Hey girl, random, but do you still have that cowboy hat you borrowed from me a while back?" She said, "Hey love, what cowboy hat? I have no memory. I think you might have the wrong person, Cal. I don't recall borrowing that." "No, it was definitely you. You took it home to Seo Hyun, her husband." I'm lying through my teeth right now. I sent the photo. She said, "Girl, what?" Girl, what? I brought that home? I don't even think you brought that.

She's calling, she's calling.

Oh my God, okay. Hello?

Hello?

Oh, hi. So about the hat. Uh-huh.

I don't really remember about that cowboy hat.

You saw the picture, right? Yeah, I was like, what?

Why would I— why would I— you brought that at the time? Really?

I like bought it on the way to the picnic.

You don't remember?

We were like cracking up taking these pictures?

Oh my God, I have no memory of this.

Really?

Why would I— what?

I'm messing with you.

That's why I was like, okay, sorry. Okay, I'm so sorry.

I'm doing pranks today for YouTube.

I will kill you. I'm like sweating right now.

I'm crying. I'm so sorry if you were questioning your sanity. No, I love I love you too.

Bye.

She knows how to take a joke, but oh my gosh, that's so funny. I also messaged Dahoe. We'll see how she responds.

Hello?

You don't remember that night?

Seriously, zero recall.

I feel like it was somebody's birthday. A bunch of us went out that night, and then you and I were like, oh, we're just gonna explore more. We wanted to stay out later.

Oh my God, did we? It doesn't sound like us at all. Are you sure it's not with Marissa?

Girl, that's you in the photo.

I know I'm— but like, wait, was it this Tinderian scared them? No, it doesn't look like it. Oh my God, what is wrong with me? Nothing's wrong with you. It cannot be me, but it's clearly me. When did you ever wear this kind of sunglasses, man?

I made that fake Facebook memory to prank you.

Oh my— are you fucking kidding me? What?

That did not happen.

Oh my God, girl! I'm so sorry. I literally thought that I was going mad.

You're not going mad.

I'm so sorry, that was so funny.

Best prank ever.

I'm literally I was too.

I love you. Thanks for being a good sport.

I love you too. Talk to you later.

I'm so lucky to have such understanding friends. Today was a big success and most of my pranks actually landed. I hope you enjoyed today's video and had a good laugh. I'll see you next time. Bye! 안녕하세요, 여러분! 저는 Callie Anderson입니다.

안녕! Oh, no.

Sorry.