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-Hi, I'm Amelia.

-And I'm Imogen.

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We're 12 years old.

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And if you haven't guessed...

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BOTH: We're identical twins!

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This summer, we are going to crack Wimbledon.

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But there's just one small problem.

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We've tried playing tennis...

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Sorry!

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..and failed.

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We got shouted at too much as umpires.

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-Out!

-Are you kidding me?!

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And being ball girls was too much hard work.

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So we need to find some things we can do...

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Take a breather!

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..to turn Wimbledon...

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Salsa!

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..into to Twinbledon!

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Right, Imogen, this is our last chance to get into Wimbledon.

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But, Amelia, we still don't know what we're doing.

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We've tried everything, and the only thing we're good at is talking.

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Maybe there isn't such a job that we can just have fun,

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chat to each other, put our feet up.

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-Nah.

-Surely the answer's out there somewhere?

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Let's go!

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Hey, Imogen. There's this famous ex-player, Tim Henman,

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who's offered to help us.

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He sounds cool.

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Yeah, he's even got a gold Blue Peter badge.

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I'm in!

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-Morning, girls.

-Hi.

-Hi, Tim.

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When he played, Tim Henman was ranked British number one.

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He started playing tennis before he was three,

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and even has a hill named after him at Wimbledon.

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OK, so the first drill that we're going to do is we're going to...

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Why are the balls this colour?

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Why is the tennis net that high?

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Why are our rackets this shape?

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Why aren't we playing on grass?

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How come you've got a hill named after you?

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How come you didn't win Wimbledon?

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Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, girls!

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I think I've got a better idea for you two.

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-Why don't you try some commentating?

-What's that?

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It's when we talk about the matches that are taking place on the court

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so the people viewing at home,

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we can give them an insight into what's happening.

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After Tim retired from playing tennis,

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he began to commentate instead.

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He was able to regroup and produce a lot of great tennis.

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OK, girls, I'm going to give you my top tips for commentating.

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As you're going to be commentating on each other,

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what we've got to try and do is tell something to the audience,

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something that they didn't know.

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So is there anything about Imogen that we should know?

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Yeah, she snores really loudly.

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I don't snore, I just heavily breathe.

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OK, that's one. That's an interesting one.

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So my second top tip for commentating is

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when the ball is in play, that's when you've got to be quiet.

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Are you both very good at being quiet?

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THEY HUM

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BOTH: Not really.

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So my third and final top tip for commentating

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is it's really important that you know the difference between

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a running forehand top-spin lob, and a delicate crosscourt drop shot.

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-What are they?

-Well, girls, I think we've got some work to do.

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OK, Imogen.

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You can use the racket handle as the microphone.

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And let's have a little look at Amelia playing against Riley.

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OK, what have you seen so far, Imogen?

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That Amelia's using her forehand really well.

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-It reminds me of Andy Murray.

-Oh, excellent.

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That's good, I'm sure Andy will be really pleased with that(!)

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Right, so, Amelia, can you tell me some interesting facts

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about Imogen on court today?

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Well, she's very untidy.

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-Is she?

-Yeah. And she doesn't really...

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She just leaves clothes out on the floor.

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-Not good at folding them up?

-No, not really.

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-Are you good at that?

-Yeah, I am.

-Are you?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

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OK, girls, that was a really, really good start to commentating.

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But I still think you need a bit more practice.

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-Well, we're still going to practise a lot.

-Oh, that's good.

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-So maybe see you at Wimbledon?

-Definitely!

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What was the most embarrassing thing that happened to you

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on the tennis court?

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Well, the most embarrassing thing was in 1995 when I accidentally hit

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a ball girl with one of the tennis balls, and I got disqualified.

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THEY GASP

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Thanks for not hitting us with the tennis ball.

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That's OK. You were safe today.

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-Thanks, Tim. Bye.

-Bye, girls.

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Today we're going to try and put Tim's tips into action

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and practice commentating.

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But what can we commentate on?

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Roger, a six-year-old cute labradoodle.

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He's wagging his tail.

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Now he's licking my hand.

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Now he's moving. Oh, now he's gone!

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-He's gone!

-He's wagging his tail, going to see my mother.

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Oh, look, here's the mum-of-three making a cup of tea.

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Now she's putting the teabag in the teapot.

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It looks like she's putting in the milk first.

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Oh, that shouldn't be allowed.

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Girls, do you have to commentate on everything that I'm doing?

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We're practising being commentators.

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Go and pester Dad instead.

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Here's Dad in his natural habitat - the lounge.

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-Girls, I'm trying to watch the match.

-Oops! Come on.

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Clearly we're not going to get any help at all.

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Thankfully, Tim has arranged some help for us at the zoo.

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The zoo? That's weird.

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-I still don't understand why we're here.

-I don't know.

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We just got told to come here.

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Oh, well. Let's go and see the giraffes.

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-They're so cool.

-Look what it's doing.

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Excuse me, girls?

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Oh, look, it's Ore Oduba!

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Not only did Ore win Strictly last year,

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but he's also an amazing commentator covering all the big sports.

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Now, I heard that you wanted someone to help you commentating on sports.

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So why are we at the zoo?

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Are we going to watch the giraffes play tennis?

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Imogen, you are a joker.

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But the thing about sports commentating is that you should

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be able to commentate on absolutely anything - whether it's football,

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whether it's rugby, whether it's tennis,

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whether it's giraffes in their pen.

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Make it exciting.

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There's nothing like watching something on the telly

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and snoozing off because it's boring.

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You've got to make it exciting, make it interesting.

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Make it entertaining.

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How do you know so much about commentating?

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When I was your age, guys, I used to commentate on absolutely everything.

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I used to commentate when I was playing computer games.

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I used to commentate when I got my cereal out in the morning.

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-Did it annoy your mum?

-Yes, in fact, she couldn't get me to shut up.

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I mean, the thing that you'll find, guys, is that I just generally keep talking.

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I mean, it could be a really lovely day, the birds tweeting...

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'Is that what we'd be like?'

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'Yeah, it is really annoying.'

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, that's enough.

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-Gosh, I thought we were bad.

-I know!

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-I think we should commentate ourselves now.

-OK.

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-Shall we put them into action?

-Yeah.

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You and I are going to head to the penguins.

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Come on.

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What we have in this tank are two penguins.

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Knick-Knack and Brachio.

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I'd like you to commentate on Knick-Knack, Amelia.

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I'd like you, Imogen, to commentate on Brachio.

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Your minute starts now!

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We're here today at London Zoo.

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My penguin is Knick-Knack and he's swimming around.

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And my penguin's Brachio. He's swimming superfast.

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I can see him now, he's meeting his friend and saying hello.

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Did you know penguins can swim up to 20mph?

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-He's trying to find some food.

-He's done a 360.

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He's coming up to the window and he's saying hello.

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Keep going, five more seconds.

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And he's swimming some more, swimming some more.

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Take a breather!

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Well played. Imogen, high five.

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Amelia.

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Very well done, both of you.

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As far as I'm concerned, you have passed the Ore School of Commentary.

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This is it. We made it to Wimbledon.

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How does it feel, Imogen?

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Like we've really made it.

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Yeah, let's go and have an explore.

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Wow, this is so cool.

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Did you know they use 60,000 tennis balls here?

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The longest match took three days.

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That's a lot of tennis.

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We love it here!

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Look, that's where the commentators sit and do all that talking.

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Oh, yeah! Surely they won't mind if we give it a go?

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I mean, we're basically pros now.

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Let's go.

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We're going to crash Sam Smith's commentary booth.

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She's one of the best tennis commentators here.

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-Hi, Sam.

-Hey, girls.

-We're going to do some commentating.

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-Can we help you on this match?

-Yes, that would be great.

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Why don't we all put our headsets on,

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and we can watch some Roger Federer.

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'She wants us to commentate on one of the best tennis players

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'in the world.

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'No pressure!'

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It's a beautiful day here at Wimbledon,

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and Roger Federer is on the court.

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Oh, look at that beautiful backhand.

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What about that volley, Imogen?

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That was a brilliant volley.

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I can barely watch.

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Oh, that was right on the line.

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And he's just won the point with that.

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-How good was that?

-I think he could go all the way this year.

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Do you know what, girls? I think I can leave you to it now.

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I think you've got the job.

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Actually... We didn't really want to work at Wimbledon.

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We just wanted to enjoy the tennis, and the celebs, and hang out.

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All right, you go and enjoy the tennis.

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-I'll get back to work, OK?

-Good, thank you.

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-Bye.

-Thanks a lot for your help.

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Well, Imogen, we finally made it.

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After all our hard work, now we can relax.

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Better make the most of it. I'm not sure they'll have us back next year!

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