Shadowing Practice: Learn English with Disney's LUCA - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Sir, you forgot your harpoon and-- Oh, yeah, thanks.
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What?
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What are you doing?
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No, no!
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Ah!
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Oh no!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Help me!
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First time?
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Of course it is!
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I'm a good kid!
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Hey, relax.
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Breathe.
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- Bye.
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Luca is a young sea creature who lives underwater with his family.
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He's always been curious about the surface world but has been warned that it's dangerous.
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One day he meets another sea creature named Alberto, who already lives on land in secret.
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When sea creatures go above water, they magically take on human form so no one can tell what they really are.
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The two become fast friends
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and run away to a small Italian town hoping to enjoy a summer full of adventure freedom
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and dreams of getting a real Vespa to travel the world Now, before we get started with the lesson, if you are new here,
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In the scene we're about to watch, Italian town of Porto Rosso.
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There they meet a girl named Giulia, who quickly becomes their friend and invites them to stay at her house.
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Giulia spends every summer in Porto Rosso with her father Massimo, and each year she takes part in a local race.
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This year, though, things are different.
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Massimo is a fisherman, and lately he hasn't been catching many fish.
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Because of that, excited to join the race with her as a team decide to help out.
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They offer to work for Massimo so they can all raise the money together.
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Oh, there you are!
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Buongiorno!
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Alright, ragazzi.
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You want that entry fee?
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You've got to earn it.
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Juliette, you make the delivery.
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I'm already making up.
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Ciao!
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You two are coming with me.
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Which knife do I get?
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Huh?
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Huh?
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You don't.
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Buongiorno Massimo!
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You keep an eye out for those monsters, right?
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We're all counting on you!
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Don't worry, Tommaso.
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I've got my speeled.
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They won't get away.
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Mmm.
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- - Hey, this isn't a joyride.
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Make yourselves useful.
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- - - I'm not sure.
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Alright, so now we are going to analyze all the advanced vocabulary we just saw highlighted in blue.
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And if your goal is to learn these expressions and never forget them, so you can actually use them when you speak,
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It really helps you become more fluent because on there, You don't just watch the lesson, you engage, interact and practice with the vocabulary.
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Oh!
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There you are!
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"Bongiorno !" "Alright, ragazzi, you want that entry fee?
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You've got to earn it !" You probably noticed a few Italian words in the clip.
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That's because the movie takes place in a small Italian town and using the local language adds some nice cultural flavor.
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Words like "bongiorno" or "ciao" might already sound familiar.
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They are often used in Italian music, movies, and even in everyday conversations around the world.
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But if you haven't heard them before, don't worry, I'll explain what they mean along with some useful English expressions from the scene.
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"Oh, there you are!
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Bongiorno !" "Alright, ragazzi, you want that entry fee, you've got to earn it !" "Bongiorno" is Italian for "good morning".
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Massimo addresses the boys as which corresponds to the English "guys" or, in this case, "kids".
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You want that entry fee?
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You've got to earn it!
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Entry stands here for entering or joining a race.
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To participate in a race, they need to pay an entry fee.
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It's a payment required to enter or take part in something.
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When you work hard for something instead of getting it for free, you earn it.
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In everyday English, people often say things like "you earned it" to show respect or admiration when someone deserves what they got,
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like a price, success or even a rest.
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And of course, you may use this word literally when talking about earning money.
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Check out these two examples from The Simpsons.
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How can I earn money to buy the world's most awesome thing?
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You could deliver newspapers.
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Kids don't deliver newspapers anymore.
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Thanks, Mr. Beck.
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I was alone out there, but someone was riding with me in spirit.
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This is for you, Dad.
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No, son.
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You earned it.
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"I'm on it !" is another great conversational phrase.
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It's a quick way of saying "I'll take care of it".
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Check out this other example.
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Jack, Jack, Jack!
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Oh, God!
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My ankle!
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Sir, my ankle!
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Oh!
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Bonjour, Tomasso!
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You keep an eye out for those sea monsters, right?
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We're all counting on you!
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Don't worry, Tomasso.
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I've got my spiel.
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They won't get away.
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The other fisherman is saying that they count on Massimo to keep an eye out for sea monsters, meaning to watch for them carefully,
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to look out for them with particular attention.
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See this example.
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Whatever.
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Keep an eye out for this woman, she's the one coming to meet the bird.
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And if a person counts on you, they trust you to do something important, they rely on you.
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to trace, find, sea monsters.
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This is an interesting phrase, let's hear it again.
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Don't worry, tomato, I've got my eyes peeled.
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What do you think it means to get your eyes peeled?
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Does it mean to have your eyes well rested during the night sleep, to keep your eyes open and watch carefully,
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or to wear special contact lenses for better eyesight?
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The correct answer is B.
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When you keep your eyes peeled, you are staying alert and paying close attention to something.
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It sounds very similar to keeping an eye out for something.
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Okay everybody, keep your eyes peeled for an unlit milepost, mark 23 or 36 or something.
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If we miss it, we're dead.
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Hey, this isn't a joyride, make yourselves useful.
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A boat ride can be joyful, but Massimo reminds them this isn't playtime.
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They're here to work.
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So a joyride is a fun or spontaneous trip you can take with your friends to have some good time.
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I took it for a joyride.
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It's another way of saying "stop standing around and get to work".
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This is a phrase you would probably hear a lot from your parents
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or elder siblings when they want you to stop being lazy or stop wasting time.
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Look, make yourself useful and go keep watch.
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Puss, do you think you could get to those on top?
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Look at the hell with these old clothes.
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Yeah, I've got flyers to make.
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Well, I might as well make myself useful.
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Hey, no goofing around back there!
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When you are goofing around, you are playing, joking or being silly, instead of being serious.
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"Goofing" is related to the word "goofy", which became popular thanks to the Disney character Goofy in the 1930s.
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Goofy is a fun silly character, he's always a little clumsy and playful.
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Because of him, Goofy started being used to describe someone acting silly or foolish.
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Now, before we jump into the next scene, I wanted to review some of the words we learned today.
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Let's see how well you can remember them.
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What does the phrase "keep an eye out for" mean?
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Thank you.
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you It means to watch something carefully.
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How about the phrase "I'm on it"?
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Does it mean I caught a lot of fish, I understand what you're saying, or I'll take care of it.
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The correct answer is C, to take care of something.
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Now let me ask you: Do you believe you'll remember all of this a week from now?
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How about a month from now?
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If you're not confident, you can say yes, that's okay.
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Most learners just like you go through this very problem.
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I'm actually here to tell you We've got you covered!
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We created our own app exactly to help you review and practice what you learn from these lessons.
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It's the best way for you to expand your active vocabulary in English
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and speak more naturally without constantly pausing to remember the word or translate in your head.
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For every lesson like this one, we create flashcards with all the most important expressions so you can study them using an innovative technology called spaced repetition,
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which view new words.
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right when you're about to forget them so that you remember them forever.
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Let's go!
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The sea monster aided.
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What?
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Ma, no. This is how I came into the world.
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Whoa.
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Manajan, not a great catch today.
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It might be because we're over a haunted fish graveyard.
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We know it's not haunted.
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The fish think it's haunted.
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This time of day, most fish will be right about there.
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Hmm...
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Ciao, Julia!
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Ciao!
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Ha ha!
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You personal best!
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Oh, Santo Pecorino.
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Your friends do no fish.
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Benissimo!
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Let's go sign up!
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Now, let's break down the vocabulary from this scene.
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The sea monster aided.
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What?
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Ma, no. This is how I came into the world.
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Massimo says that he was born like that.
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To come into this world is just a poetic way to refer to your birth.
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Although he speaks with an Italian accent, he says this phrase with nice, connected speech.
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Let's listen to it again.
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"The sea monsterated"
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The R sound from "monster" links to the next vowel: "monsterate"
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And the same happens to the T sound in "ate" which connects to "it" - "ate it".
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So we hear "Monsterrated".
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Let's listen again and repeat after him for practice.
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A sea monster aided.
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All right.
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the sea monster age.
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"Managgia" is Italian for "dang it".
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When something goes wrong, this word helps you express your frustration.
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In this scene, a catch means the fish they managed to catch, but they didn't catch very many.
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But a catch can also have a different meaning when talking about a fish a person.
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If someone says "you're a catch" it means they think you're a great partner to have.
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It means you're valuable and desirable, just like a great fish in the sea.
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Check out this example from The Simpsons. For realsies?
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It's true.
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You'd be quite a catch if you'd just shower and shave and stop swearing under your breath.
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As we learned, Luca and Alberto are sea creatures, so they know the underwater world and all its places.
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Like in this scene, they knew exactly they were over a haunted fish graveyard.
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And that's why they didn't have a great catch.
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It might be because we're over a haunted fish graveyard.
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Picture a classic Halloween scene.
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or a graveyard that makes your skin crawl.
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When something is haunted, it is believed to have ghosts or spirits.
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and a graveyard is a cemetery, a burial place.
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So they're saying that they are over this haunted place where there are only bird fish and no live fish to catch.
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We know it's not haunted.
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The fish think it's haunted.
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This time of day most fish will be right about there.
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This time of day.
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Did you pick up on how Alberto pronounced this phrase?
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Let's give it another listen.
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This time of day, gets reduced to just a schwa sound.
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and then the M sound from time connects to it.
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So what we hear is Time a day.
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Time a day.
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Listen and repeat.
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This time of day This time of day, this time of day.
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When Alberto says "right about there", do you think he's pointing to the exact spot?
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just somewhere close.
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The word "about" in this context means he's not being 100 % precise.
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He's given an approximate location.
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It's a way of saying "around the area" instead of pointing to an exact place.
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So when someone says "about" while giving directions, they're hinting that the place is near or close to that spot, but not necessarily exactly there.
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Ha ha!
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You personal best!
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Santo Pecorino...
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Sh!
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Sh!
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Your friends do know fish.
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Julia just beat her own record.
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Personal best is someone's best achievement so far.
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Oh.
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3 minutes 40 seconds a new personal best!
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324 miles an hour that's that's a new personal best boss!
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Santo Pecorino and Benissimo!
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Two more Italian words that we have a chance to learn today.
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Santo Pecorino is a playful exclamation,
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literally it's translated as holy Pecorino type of cheese and benissimo translates as excellent or very good
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Your friends do know fish.
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Benissimo!
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Let's go sign up.
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Now, Massimo confirms that Julia's friends do know fish.
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We use the verb "do" as an emphasiser here to confirm
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that they really know a lot about fish and where to catch it.
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Your friends do know fish.
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Finally, the kids have earned it.
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It's time to pay the entry fee and sign up or register for the race.
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That was an amazing lesson and now it's time to test your comprehension by watching the scene one more time, this time without subtitles, and answering some of our quiz questions.
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Oh, there you are!
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Buongiorno!
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All right, ragazzi.
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You want that entry fee?
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You got to earn it.
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Juliette, you make the delivery.
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I'm on my...
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I already make it up.
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Ciao!
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You two are coming with me.
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Which knife do I get?
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Huh?
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Huh?
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You don't.
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Buongiorno, Massimo!
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You keep an eye out for those sea monsters, right?
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We're all counting, are you?
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Don't worry, tomato.
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I've got the minds peeled.
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When you watch something carefully, you have your eyes filled,
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peeled, Split you you They won't get away.
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- - Hey, this isn't a joyride.
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Make yourselves useful.
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When you are acting silly and are not focused on your work, you goof around, poofy around or goofy around.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, - Ooh.
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Bye.
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The sea monster aided.
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What?
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Ma, no. This is how I came into the world.
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When Massimo says "This is how I came into the world" What does he mean?
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you Thank you.
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you you
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He was born like that.
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Hmm...
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Ciao, Julia!
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Ciao!
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Ha ha!
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You personal best!
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What does the phrase "personal best" mean?
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The world's best result Your time is the best or your best achievement.
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you .
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Santo Pecorino!
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Sh!
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Sh!
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Your friends do no fish.
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Oh yeah!
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Remember to practice all these words on our RealLife English app.
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You can use the link below and it will get you straight to this lesson.
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And if you'd like my suggestion for the next lesson,
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check out this one and subscribe to our channel. Are you okay?
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He's gone.
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He's gone.
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There, there.
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No, he's gone.
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It's alright.
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He's gone.
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It'll be okay.
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No, no, they took him away.
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I have to find the boat!
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A boat?
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Hey, I've seen a boat!
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You have?
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And it passed by not too long ago.
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A white one?
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Hi, I'm Dory. Where? Which way?
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Oh, oh, oh!
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It went, um, this way.
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It went this way.
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Follow me!
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Thank you!
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Thank you!
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Thank you so much!
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No problem!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn English with Disney's LUCA”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: fish, sea, eye, Massimo, lesson. This video has 410 sentences and 2689 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:49. The speaker talks at a steady 123 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| haunt verb | /hɔnt/ | To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts). |
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| ciao | /t͡ʃaʊ/ | Hello, hi. |
| peel verb | /piːl/ | To remove the skin or outer covering of. |
| joyride noun | /ˈd͡ʒɔɪˌɹaɪd/ | A ride in a vehicle taken solely for pleasure or enjoyment, especially a vehicle ride taken with no particular goal or purpose and just for the pleasure or… |
| graveyard noun | /ˈɡɹeɪvˌjɑɹd/ | A tract of land in which the dead are buried. |
| goofy adjective | /ˈɡufi/ | Quirky or silly, often in a humorous manner; daft. |
| goof noun | /ɡuːf/ | A mistake or error. |
| vocabulary noun | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning. |
| yourselves | /jəˈsɛlvz/ | You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed. |
| translate verb | /tɹænzˈleɪt/ | To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another. |
| fisherman noun | /ˈfɪʃ.ɚ.mən/ | Any person who attempts to catch fish. |
| learner noun | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | One who is learning; one receiving instruction. |
| subtitle noun | /ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/ | A heading below or after a title. |
| playful adjective | /ˈpleɪfl̩/ | Enjoying play; sportive; prone to playing frequently, in the manner of a child or young pet (viz. puppy or kitten). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| get away verb | To move away (from). | |
| sign up verb | To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something. | |
| break down verb | To stop functioning. | |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| help out verb | To provide assistance. | |
| make up verb | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | To constitute, to compose. |
| pick up on verb | To notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You want that entry fee?
- Which knife do I get?
- How can I earn money to buy the world's most awesome thing?
- How about the phrase "I'm on it"?
- We're all counting, are you?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | has been warned · is related · was born |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has been warned · haven't heard · have earned |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might already sound · may use · might as |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best · the most important |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 66 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: fisherman /ˈfɪʃ.ɚ.mən/, bonjour /bɒnˈʒʊə/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/, exclamation /ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃn̩/, flashcard /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/
- Long words — get the stress right: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, underwater /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/, conversational /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, admiration /ˌæd.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like haunt, phrase, ciao.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.