Pratica di Shadowing: Learn English with SPIDER-MAN — Peter Parker Meets Tony Stark - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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You got a passport?
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No, I don't even have a driver's license.
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You ever been to Germany?
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No. Oh, you'll love it.
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I can't go to Germany.
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Why?
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I got homework.
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I'm gonna pretend you didn't say that.
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I'm being serious.
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I can't just drop out of school.
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Might be a little dangerous.
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Better tell Aunt Haughty.
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I'm taking you to...
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Don't tell Aunt May.
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Alright, Spider -Man.
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Hey Global Citizen, I'm Xenia, your RealLife English Fluency Coach.
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I just saw Spider -Man Brand New Day with my daughter Mira
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and I've been itching to or eager to create a lesson with Spider -Man for you all.
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I thought it would be fun to go back and see Tom Holland's debut as Spider -Man in Captain America Civil War.
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Throughout the Avengers movies, Tony Stark, Iron Man, and Peter Parker, Spider -Man, have incomparable chemistry.
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Tony is a mentor, but we might also say he's a father figure for Peter.
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Okay, it's not working out.
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I'm going to need the suit back.
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I'm nothing without this suit.
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If you're nothing without this suit, then you shouldn't have it.
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Okay?
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Gotta sound like my dad.
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A father figure is someone who isn't your actual father, but who takes on this role in your life,
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offering guidance, support, and care the way a dad would.
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For now, let's watch the moment where Tony and Peter see each other for the very first time.
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Hey, I'm Peter.
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Tony.
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What are you doing here?
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It's about time we met.
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You've been getting my emails right?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Regarding the...
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You didn't even tell me about the grant.
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About the grant?
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The September Foundation.
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Right.
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Yeah.
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Remember when you applied?
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Yeah.
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I approved.
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So now we're in business.
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You didn't tell me anything.
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What's up with that?
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You're keeping secrets from me now?
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Well, I just know how much you love surprises, so I thought I would let you know.
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Anyway, what did I apply for?
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That's why I'm here to hash it out.
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Okay, hash it out.
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Okay.
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Can I have five minutes with him?
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Sure.
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So we see the moment Peter meets Tony.
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He feels pretty starstruck.
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This is a word we use to say someone looks shocked when they see a star or famous person.
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I mean, I know if I saw Brad Pitt here in my city, I would feel completely starstruck.
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And Tony tells a little white lie about why he's here in Peter's living room with his Aunt May.
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Now, regarding is just a fancier way of saying about or concerning.
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You'll hear it a lot in emails, meetings, or formal conversations.
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Peter is a bit of a nerd and an exceptional student, so this kind of formal language suits him.
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Check out these examples.
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Samuel Nurko up in Boston regarding my daughter Annabelle Beam.
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I was hoping I could talk to Dr. Kreitz for a few minutes, please.
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You didn't even tell me about the grant.
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It's about the grant.
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The September Foundation.
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Right.
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What's this grant Tony is supposedly there for?
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A grant is a sum of money given to someone, usually by an organization, government, or foundation to help fund a project.
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The cool part is, you don't have to pay it back.
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Students apply for grants to help pay for university, and scientists apply for grants to fund research.
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Tony continues with this expression.
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Yeah, remember when you applied?
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Yeah.
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I approved.
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So now we're in business.
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When you say, now we're in business, you're saying that things are officially moving forward.
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Tony uses it pretty literally because of this grant, Peter is in business with Stark Foundation.
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However, it doesn't have to be about an actual business.
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You could use it anytime a plan finally comes together.
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Like, imagine you've been trying to fix your Wi -Fi for an hour, and it finally connects.
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You could say, there we go, now we're in business.
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I know, the first time I had a fluent conversation in English, I felt so proud to see all my effort come together,
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that I could have said, now we're in business.
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I finally could use everything I spent so long studying.
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Now in this next line, let's see example of connected speech this is how natives cut, reduce and link their words when speaking fluently.
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You didn't tell me anything what's up with that?
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Since with ends with th and
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that begins with th natives make it smoother by just pronouncing one of them slightly stretching the th sound with
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that with that and what's and up combine to sound like one word what's up Let's put it all together.
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What's up with that?
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And earlier we heard another example from Peter.
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What are you doing here?
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So we hear questions starting with what are you all the time?
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What are you looking for?
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What are you doing this weekend?
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What are you studying?
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When we have a T between two vowel sounds in American English, they turn into a soft D sound, like in butter or water.
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And these three little words, what are you, will predictably morph the same.
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What are you?
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What are you?
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Also, he dropped the G in doing.
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So, altogether, that sounds like what are you doing here?
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What are you doing here?
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Finally, in our next scene, we'll hear an example from Tony.
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Oh, what do we have here?
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We use this question to show surprise at something we've just seen.
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What and do morph into what -a and connect to we.
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What are we?
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What do we have here?
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You need a lot of practice to improve your speaking, so listen to those three questions again and repeat.
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You didn't tell me anything, what's up with that?
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What are you, what are you, what are you doing here?
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What are you doing here?
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Oh, what do we have here?
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Oh, what do we have here?
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Next, we hear a fantastic phrasal verb from Tony.
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Anyway, what did I apply for?
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That's what I'm here to hash out.
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Okay, hash it out, okay.
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To hash out something means to discuss it in detail until you reach an agreement or a decision.
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It's often used for things that are a little complicated.
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Listen to these examples.
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We need to meet with the lawyers to hash out the final points of the deal.
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Absolutely.
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Now let's watch the next clip.
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Oh, what do we have here?
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Retro -tech, huh?
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Thrift store?
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Sub -Ecean Army?
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The garbage actually.
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You're a dumpster diver.
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Yeah, I was...
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Anyway, look, I'm...
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I definitely did not apply for your grant.
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Nuh -uh.
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Me first.
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Okay.
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Quick question of the rhetorical variety.
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That's you, right?
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Um, no. What do you mean?
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Yeah.
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Look at you go.
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Wow, nice catch.
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3 ,000 pounds, 40 miles an hour.
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It's not easy.
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You got mad skills.
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That's all on YouTube, though, right?
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I mean, that's where you found it.
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Because you know that's all fake.
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It's all done on the computer.
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Mm -hmm.
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I.. it's like that video.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Oh, you mean like those UFOs over Phoenix?
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Hey!
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What have we?
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Uh, so... So...
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You're the spider -ling.
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Crime -fighting spider.
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You're Spider -boy? So...
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Spider -man.
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Not in that onesie or not?
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It's not a onesie.
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I can't believe this.
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I was actually having a really good day today.
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You know, I must just start...
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Didn't miss my train.
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This perfectly good DVD player was just sitting there and...
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Algebra test.
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Nailed it. Who else knows?
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Anybody?
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Nobody.
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Not even your unusually attractive aunt?
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No. No, no, no, no. If she knew, she would freak out.
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And when she freaks out, I freak out.
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You know what I think is really cool?
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This webbing.
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Tensile strength is off the charts.
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Who manufactured that?
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I did.
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You're in dire need of an upgrade.
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Why are you doing this?
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I gotta know, what's your MO?
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What gets you out of that twin bed in the morning?
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Because I've been me my whole life, and I've had these powers for six months.
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Mm -hmm.
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Look, when you can do the things that I can, But you don't.
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And then the bad things happen.
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They happen because of you.
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So you want to look out for the little guy, you want to do your part, make the world a better place, all that, right?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Just looking out for the little guy.
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That's what it is.
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So Tony instantly takes a liking to Peter when he sees that he also has an affinity, or natural liking, for technology.
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Oh, what do we have here?
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Retrotech, huh?
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Drift store?
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Salvation Army?
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The garbage actually.
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You're a dumpster diver.
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Yeah, I was… A dumpster diver is someone who goes through
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the trash looking for stuff that's still useful like old electronics furniture
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or even food it might sound gross
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but plenty of people do it to save money
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or to be more eco -friendly tony's teasing peter here
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because he built his gadgets out of stuff he found in
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the garbage all right now pay close attention to this line because i'm gonna a quiz you on it.
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Me first.
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Quick question of the rhetorical variety.
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That's you, right?
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What is a rhetorical question?
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A question that makes someone feel uncomfortable?
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A question with more than one correct answer?
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Or a question you ask, but don't expect an answer to?
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Right, a rhetorical question is one that's asked just to make a point, not because you actually want a reply.
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Tony already knows the answer, he's just making Peter a little uncomfortable.
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Check out these examples.
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So what do I do?
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Risk the lives of my pilots and perhaps the success of this mission or risk my career by appointing you team leader.
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Sir, I think the Admiral's asking a rhetorical question, Captain.
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Boom!
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Your card is gone.
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But wait, where'd it go?
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Is that a rhetorical question or am I supposed to answer it?
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Check the box, dummy.
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And there is a nice piece of connected speech we can practice here too.
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Um, no. What do you mean?
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When U is preceded by a word ending in T, oftentimes they morph into a CH sound.
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So we hear, look at you, look at you go.
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Listen to Tony again and repeat.
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Look at you go.
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Tony is genuinely impressed by Peter's abilities and he uses some slang here.
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Wow, nice catch.
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3 ,000 pounds, 40 miles an hour.
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It's not easy.
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He's got mad skills.
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Mad skills is a slang experience that means exceptional, extraordinary or impressive talent.
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The word mad here doesn't mean angry, here it means crazy or intense.
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Here are a couple more examples of how natives use it.
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Did my mom kick your butt?
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She did.
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She has mad skills.
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Whoa.
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This is mad trippy.
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We are gonna have mad fun.
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Now, this part where Tony is guessing Peter's superhero name made me laugh.
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So, you're the spiderling.
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Crime -fighting spider.
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You're spider boy?
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Spider -man.
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Not in that onesie or not.
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These are onesies.
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Tony is making fun of Peter's homemade Spider -man suit by comparing it to pajamas.
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Then Peter responds with...
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It's not a onesie.
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I can't believe this, I was actually having a really good day today, you know, I must start.
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Didn't miss my train, this perfectly good DVD player was just sitting there and...
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Algebra test.
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Nailed it.
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If you nail it, you do something perfectly.
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You could nail a test, nail a presentation, nail a dance move.
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Listen to this example.
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Ha!
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Ha!
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Look what you did!
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Well, you nailed it, didn't you?
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And Peter used another great phrasal verb here.
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Who else knows?
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Anybody?
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Nobody.
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Not even your unusually attractive aunt?
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No. No, no, no, no. If she knew, she would freak out.
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And when she freaks out, I freak out.
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What does freak out mean?
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To become extremely surprised, worried or upset.
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To act in a strange way or to live somewhere very quickly.
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Right, so freak out means to react in a very emotional way.
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It could be positive, like how you might freak out when your favorite musician walks on stage,
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or negative, like how most people freak out if they get in the shower and see a giant spider.
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Here's another example.
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Why would you not tell me that you've been in contact with Gamora?
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Because I didn't want you to get freaked out.
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Freaked out?
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Like that.
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Tony continues expressing how impressed he is.
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You know what I think is really cool?
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This webbing.
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The tensile strength is off the charts.
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Now, tensile strength is not a common word.
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I had to look it up.
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It basically refers to materials resistance and Tony says it is off the charts.
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That means it's so far beyond the normal range that it doesn't even fit on the chart anymore.
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Basically, extremely high or impressive.
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We might say that Adele's singing abilities are off the charts.
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Or like here.
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Miles's intelligence is off the charts.
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He's off the charts in math.
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But Tony still sees issues with Peter Spider's man suit.
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You're in dire need of an upgrade.
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If you are in dire need of something, it means you desperately need it.
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You might say you're in dire need of a vacation after a stressful few weeks at work.
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Of course, Peter doesn't need to use his powers to help people.
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It's a lot of effort, right?
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That's why Tony asks this.
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MO stands for modus operandi, a Latin phrase that basically means someone's usual way of doing things.
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It could be their method or their motivation.
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You'll hear this a lot in crime shows where detectives talk about a criminal's MO or usual way of committing a crime.
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Check out these examples.
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And Tony uses a nice expression to describe this.
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The little guy refers to ordinary,
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everyday people, especially those who don't have power, money or influence and might get taken advantage of.
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It's the kind of thing you might hear a politician say
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when they want to sound like they care about everyday citizens instead of big corporations.
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Now let's go back to that very first clip we watched which actually is the end of the scene.
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Got a passport?
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No, I don't even have a driver's license.
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You ever been to Germany?
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A driver's license or driving license is the official document that allows you to legally drive a car.
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This just emphasizes that Peter is still a kid.
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And let's look at some interesting pronunciation and grammar.
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Got a passport.
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I bet you wouldn't have caught that without the subtitles.
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Tony cuts off the T in GOT at the back of the throat and connects it to A.
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So GOT turns into GOT, GOT, and connecting to A we have GOT, GOT.
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And then the U is either reduced so
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that we can barely hear it or he dropped it altogether
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so the question sounds like got a passport got a
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passport got a passport got a passport got a passport
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and in school you probably learned the correct structure is have you got a passport
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or do you have a passport however natives drop do you
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and have you all the time in casual questions like this
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we heard peter do the same a bit later i can't go to germany why i got homework
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so instead of i've got homework
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or i have homework he just says a quick i got
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homework i recommend you try to catch how natives are flexible with grammar anytime you are watching a tv series
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or a movie now let's learn another useful phrasal verb I'm gonna pretend you didn't say that.
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I'm being serious.
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I can't just drop out of school.
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To drop out of school means to quit before finishing your studies, without graduating, high school or university.
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For example, plenty of famous entrepreneurs like Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of college to pursue their companies.
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Okay, so we'll wrap up with a funny line from Tony.
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Might be a little dangerous, better tell Aunt Hottie I'm taking her in the field field.
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A hottie is a slang word for someone who's very attractive.
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Tony's obviously teasing Peter here by calling his aunt a hottie instead of using her real name.
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And a field trip is an educational outing organized by a school, like a class visiting a museum or a zoo.
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Tony's joking that he's basically taking Peter on a field trip, except this one involves fighting alongside the Avengers instead of looking at dinosaur bones.
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You've done great today, but you're not done yet.
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In fact, this is the most important part of the whole lesson.
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We'll watch the scenes again, this time without subtitles, and answer some quiz questions.
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I'm sure you'll nail it!
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Oh, Mr. Parker.
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Um...
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What?
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What are you doing?
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Hey, I'm Peter.
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Tony.
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What are you doing here?
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It's about time we met.
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You've been getting my emails right.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Regarding the...
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You didn't even tell me about the grant.
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What does regarding mean?
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Instead of, about, or because of?
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If you're starting a new project at work, you could ask your colleague to hmmm the details with you.
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You're asking to hash out, freak out, or drop out the details.
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I definitely did not apply for your grant.
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Uh -uh, me first.
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Okay.
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Quick question of the rhetorical variety.
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That's you, right?
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Um, no. What do you mean?
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Look at you go.
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Wow, nice catch.
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3 ,000 pounds, 40 miles an hour.
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It's not easy.
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You got mad skills.
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That's all on YouTube though, right?
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I mean, that's where you found it.
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Because you know that's all fake.
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It's all done on the computer.
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Mm -hmm.
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I.. it's like that video.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Oh, you mean like those UFOs over Phoenix?
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Hey!
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What have we?
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Ah, sorry. So, you're the spiderling.
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Crime fighting spider.
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You're Spider Boy?
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Yeah.
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Spiderman.
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Not in that onesie or not.
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Which of these is a onesie?
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It's not a onesie.
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I can't believe this, I was actually having a really good day today, you know, it was just a start.
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Didn't miss my train, this perfectly good DVD player was just sitting there and algebra test.
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Nailed it. Who else knows?
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Anybody?
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Nobody.
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If you're in dire need of something, you would like to have it eventually,
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urgently need it or have too much of it. But you don't.
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And then the bad things happen.
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They happen because of you.
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So you want to look out for the little guy, you want to do your part, make the world a better place, all that, right?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, just looking out for the little guy.
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That's what it is.
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Got a passport?
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No. What do we call the official document that gives you legal permission to drive a car?
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Driver's license or driving license?
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Don't tell that me.
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Alright, Spider -Man.
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Give me this.
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Sorry, I'll get there.
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Oh yeah, I hope you had as much fun as I did learning English with Spider -Man today.
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and start making friends around the world or
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if you are sticking around here on youtube i recommend you watch this lesson next
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so funny zendera and i we were chatting at the time about what we were gonna do
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and we had agreed that we would take it easy.
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What?
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That was the agreement that it was like, I'm not gonna do anything crazy, you're not gonna do anything crazy, we're just gonna keep it nice and easy breezy.
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And then when I was working with the creative team coming up with the ideas, they kind of pitched this umbrella thing.
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And as we were rehearsing, it got crazier and crazier and then the rain machine came in and then...

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Learn English with SPIDER-MAN — Peter Parker Meets Tony Stark”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Tony, peter, spider, English. Questo video contiene 458 frasi e 3732 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 29:14. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 128 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 83% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 99 delle sue 458 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
spider sostantivo/ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ragno
passport sostantivo/ˈpæspɔɹt/passaporto
nail sostantivo/neɪl/unghia
onesie sostantivo/ˈwʌn.zi/pagliaccetto
hash sostantivo/ˈhæʃ/tritato, spezzatino
aunt sostantivo/ɑːnt/zia
dire aggettivo/ˈdaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/terribile, tremendo
homework sostantivo/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/compito, compiti
diver sostantivo/ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/tuffatore, tuffatrice
hottie sostantivo/ˈhɒti/gnocca
sling sostantivo/ˈslɪŋ/frombola, fionda
subtitle sostantivo/ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/sottotitolo
dumpster sostantivo/ˈdʌmpstɚ/cassonetto
verb sostantivo/vɝb/verbo
algebra sostantivo/ˈæl.d͡ʒɪ.bɹə/algebra

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
check out verboinvestigare
come up with verboideare, escogitare
go back verbotornare
go through verboattraversare

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • What are you doing here?
  • You've been getting my emails right?
  • You're keeping secrets from me now?
  • You didn't tell me anything what's up with that?
  • You didn't tell me anything, what's up with that?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corsoI've been itching · You've been getting · you've been trying
Frasi condizionali if + frase, will/would + verbo — una condizione e il suo risultatoIf she knew, she would freak
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessoyou've ever felt · we've just seen · I've been
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosasomeone who isn · someone who goes · those who don

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 116 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, I'm, didn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/, thrift /ˈθɹɪft/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: hash /ˈhæʃ/, unusually /ʌnˈjuːʒuəli/, exceptional /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, salvation /sælˈveɪ.ʃn̩/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: rhetorical /ɹɪˈtɔɹɪkəl/, unusually /ʌnˈjuːʒuəli/, intermediate /ɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈmi.di.ət/, exceptional /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hash /ˈhæʃ/, homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/, hottie /ˈhɒti/, rehearse /ɹɪˈhɝs/, hmmm /hm̩ː/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: passport /ˈpæspɔɹt/, hash /ˈhæʃ/, aunt /ɑːnt/, homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/, morph /mɔː(ɹ)f/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: passport /ˈpæspɔɹt/, hash /ˈhæʃ/, algebra /ˈæl.d͡ʒɪ.bɹə/, grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come spider, passport, nail.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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