Shadowing Practice: Tom Holland Joining Chris Pratt’s Charity Live Stream - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Nonetheless, thank you guys.
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I love that.
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Now, okay.
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Now, my next guest, a lot of you have been asking about, okay?
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Ladies, this young man, this young man will be joining all the way from UK,
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that's United Kingdom, where it is already 2021.
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So, he's actually joining us from the future.
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I mean, I wonder what he knows that we don't.
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Maybe he can give us some insight into what this year has in store for us.
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Please welcome Peter Parker, the Kid Wonder, Spider -Man himself.
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He's an amazing young man.
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He's a dancer, a triple threat, a golfer, and...
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Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on oh he was asleep i'm
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so sorry what's up bro hey dude how you doing dude it's
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so late you're in the uk i'm yeah i'm staying in my parents house
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and they're sleeping there so i can't i have to be quiet
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so no way thanks for having for uh for picking up
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no thank you for having me how are you happy new
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year bro it's not new year there yet is it it's not it's not it's new year's eve But, uh, but it is, it's new year.
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So it's already 2021 where you are, right?
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It is.
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Yeah, it is.
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And things are looking, things are looking bright, man.
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People are wearing masks.
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People in London are taking it seriously.
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The vaccine is here.
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My grandparents got it last week.
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My other granny's hopefully going to get it next week.
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All of the key workers and people who are like keeping the country going and getting it.
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So things, things are really looking up, man.
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well listen what i've got
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so many uh comments coming through the girls want to know
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what you sleep in what i sleep in i'm in my pajamas it's not
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that exciting i was gonna try and find i have some spider -man pajamas
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but i couldn't find them i don't know well listen i
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i'm gonna be honest with you no no one asked
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that i i was actually hoping just wanted to find out what you sleep in yeah um
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so did you actually stay up till midnight or had you gone to bed before
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yeah i stayed up with my mom we've had the most boring new year's eve it was just me
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and my mom we stayed up we watched a bit of tv then i came back i went to bed
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and now i'm here on the phone with you
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so i feel a little bit delirious a little bit sleepy a little bit hungover maybe
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but i'm fine i'm good i'm happy it's good to see you
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and what what talk about um your 2020 any bright spots
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um what what were some of the your bright spots in this bleak year
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well I've been so lucky this year
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because I had I shot Uncharted with Mark Wahlberg in Berlin
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which was amazing which went really well we started shooting Spider -Man 3 a few months ago
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which has been crazy and really weird because we're shooting it back in Atlanta
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and that's where I did my audition for Spider -Man
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and we're actually shooting in the stage
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that I did my audition oh no it's like a really
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weird full circle story of like walking through the same door
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i walked through as an 18 year old kid like nervous
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like oh my god i hope i get this job
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and then walking through the door at 24 making the third
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movie loving life confident enjoying everything that's happening to me
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so it's been amazing dude it's been awesome i've been very
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lucky i know a lot of people around the world have had a really hard time um
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and that's why It's amazing that we have people like you.
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I'm looking down here.
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You've raised $32 ,000 tonight alone.
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It's amazing, dude.
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That's so cool.
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Yeah, we've raised.
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Thank you.
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It's awesome, man.
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I'm so chuffed you asked me to be a part of this.
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I'm really, really, really grateful and happy.
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It's so nice that you were a part of this.
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I'm such a huge fan of you as a person.
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You know that.
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Since the moment I met you, you just always have had a special presence and kindness about you
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that I knew was going to carry you a long way.
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A lot of people in our business can be assholes and can, you know, get, especially young people when they reach the level of success that you've reached,
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they can lose touch and you never have.
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You've always been so close with your family, with your brothers, your brother's charity.
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That was, in fact, your foundation.
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Tell me, tell everyone about the foundation and the reason that Tom agreed to come on with me is he said this, because this is primarily, you know, feeding America.
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This is a charity that's focused primarily on raising money.
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The money that's being raised is going to be used in America.
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Hopefully, we're raising awareness in a way that could be global.
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We could inspire someone in the UK, for instance, or in Europe or Africa or South America, because Instagram is worldwide.
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We could, especially when I have Tom Holland on as my guest now with 30 ,000 viewers.
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you know it's something we can inspire people to help their neighbor
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and that kind of thing but you you specifically said
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that you were happy to help an american cause because why well
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because we're so lucky with the brothers trust that
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when we ask for support so much of the money
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that is donated comes from america and
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and we you know we don't want people to think
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that we're taking money from the states and and putting it into charities
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and other places in the world
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so we're very very like um it's a very important thing for us to make sure
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that we support american charities as well um we have two
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or three in detroit we have some in georgia and
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and then obviously this charity
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that you're supporting today it just for us we just want to make sure
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that we show our appreciation to all of our american friends who have been helping us throughout the years
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and uh and you know the brothers trust for us is all about shedding light on charities
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that don't necessarily get the exposure that they deserve um
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and we're really adamant that we watch and make sure
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that every penny is spent in the right way goes to the right people
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and makes an immediate difference in changing people's lives
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and putting smiles on people's faces um
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so it's been an amazing journey for me and my family it's been
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so rewarding to be a part of something that's bigger than being a fucking actor
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and pretending to be a superhero um so i just i love
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that we we were able to turn this amazing thing that's happened to me into something even more positive um
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but uh but yeah it's cool man it's really cool i'm chuffed i'm happy
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so you are you
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and your brothers pretty competitive in relative like setting up the
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you guys are competitive with each other yeah i mean we all play golf obviously as you know
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because we've played a few times together and yeah
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harry and i especially we never have a good round together it's always
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that like one of us plays really well
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and the other one plays really badly
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and it honestly nothing grinds my gears more than losing to harry it honestly it makes me
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so unbelievably upset but um but we need to play again
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when this is all over and everything's good
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and the world is back to normal we need to play again yeah i i agree i i would love
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that i would tom i would love nothing more than to
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play i want to play somewhere up in the uk i
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mean you know i'd love to play uh uh in scotland i think
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that would be dope like that's like where the game was invented like they'll play saint andrews
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or something um
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so listening before i let you go i want you to
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plug cherry i'm really pumped about i know the russo brothers
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movie this is a movie cherry this is really a stretch
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for you it's like growth your growth as an actor i
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i loved the devil all the time i mean the movie is bonkers and
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really crazy but you're awesome in it and the movie was really really like it was like
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it's a different tone for you it gave me it got
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me excited about uh what i can expect to see from you in the future
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and so talk a little bit about cheering
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and tell people where they can watch it
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because you've got a lot of fans on here yeah we definitely told my granny was really like
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kind of put off by me it was really weird she
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was like i don't really know how to think about what you did in
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that film i'm like well granny i i didn't actually do
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that stuff although i did accidentally poor kid the one kid
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that i beat up outside the car he had a bag over his face
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and i'm like punching him in the face
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and the director was like you need to hit the bag
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or it doesn't look real and on the last take
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and it was a total accident i absolutely drilled him like right in the mouth
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and he was a top proper champ and took it like a champ
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and he was fine but i still feel really bad about
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that um but um but yeah so cherry cherry is my is my next film
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that comes out comes out in february on apple tv uh
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the russos directed it um our lovely friends the russos
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and it's a massive departure for me as an actor it was like a huge step
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and a risk to take as a job
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but then having the russos in my corner kind of the captain of the ship i felt really safe to
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take that plunge into the kind of next chapter of my career
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if you like um yeah
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and i'm super proud of it man i'm super proud of it i've seen it a few times now
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and i've showed my family
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my mum was like she didn't really like it
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because it's pretty it's not an easy watch and there's some things
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that my character goes through in that film
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which is really hard to comprehend and the idea of being a veteran
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and suffering from ptsd and falling into this this systemic problem of of medicating people
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when they should they need treatment not subscriptions and prescriptions and
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and uh it's it's it's a hard film to watch but one
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that i really hope will shed the light on a problem that's happening around the world all the time um but uh
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but yeah i'm excited man i really am excited about it
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that's awesome man i'm excited what about you what are you
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what are you doing what have you got coming up i'm
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done i'm done with acting you're done i'm gonna i'm gonna host uh face instagram um
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charity things and continue to do my favorite hobby
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which is play with yourself actually bigger up my butt it's
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pretty cool no um what i don't know i got a movie coming out i did to the tomorrow war
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which is going to be uh i love that i'm whispering now
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because i know
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that your parents are in the room my dad's gonna come
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tomorrow morning be like shut the fuck um we i've got i've I've got Guardians coming up next year,
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and I've got Thor.
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I'm going to go be in Thor in Australia.
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So I'll be traveling to Australia in about a week
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and excited to go to a country that took the lockdown very seriously, eradicated the disease, and now they're fully up.
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It's back to normal.
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Back to normal.
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So I'll go there and maybe go to a restaurant.
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That'll be so strange.
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That'll be such a strange experience.
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I feel like going to a restaurant is so alien now.
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I know.
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We'll get there, though.
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I think we're going to get there soon.
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Wait a minute.
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Did you just say you were going to be in Thor?
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Yeah.
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That's so crazy, didn't it?
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I feel like no one knew that, bro.
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No, they knew that.
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I think they knew that.
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No, they knew that.
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If they didn't, they know now.
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Well, they know now.
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I was like, no, Chris, no, don't.
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um anyways listen man uh it's
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so good to see you i'm gonna let you get back
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to sleep love you pal thanks for doing this you're no thank you for having me everyone who's watching
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donate thank you so much this is awesome chris i'm
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so happy for you mate really appreciate you having me on
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i appreciate you man all right mate all right love you speak to you soon
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wow that was awesome what such a sweet kid
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Tom Holland Joining Chris Pratt’s Charity Live Stream”. This video has 208 sentences and 2231 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:56. The speaker talks fast, about 187 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| cherry noun | /ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/ | A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem. |
| chuffed adjective | /ˈtʃʌft/ | Very pleased or satisfied; delighted. |
| pajamas noun | /pəˈd͡ʒɑ.məz/ | Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers. |
| granny noun | /ˈɡɹæni/ | A grandmother. |
| audition noun | /ɑˈdɪʃən/ | A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent. |
| champ verb | /t͡ʃæmp/ | To bite or chew, especially noisily or impatiently. |
| inspire verb | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by… |
| donate verb | /ˈdoʊˌneɪt/ | To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another. |
| adamant adjective | /ˈæd.ə.mənt/ | Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined. |
| bonkers adjective | /ˈbɑŋkɚz/ | Mad; crazy. |
| delirious adjective | /dɪˈlɪə̯.ɹi.əs/ | Being in the state of delirium. |
| eradicate verb | /əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/ | To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to. |
| excite verb | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement. |
| golfer noun | /ˈɡɒlfə(ɹ)/ | Someone who plays golf. |
| grandparent noun | /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/ | The parent of someone's parent. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| walk through verb | To explain (something) to (someone), step by step. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| stay up verb | To remain awake; to not go to bed. | |
| beat up verb | To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows. | |
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| come out in verb | to be afflicted by (a visible disruption of the body) | |
| come through verb | To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I'm really, really, really grateful and happy.
- I think we're going to get there soon.
- That's so crazy, didn't it?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | have been asking · have been helping |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | we've had · I've been · has been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being raised · is donated · is spent |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who are · friends who have |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 88 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I've, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/, prescription /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/, subscription /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/, appreciation /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: delirious /dɪˈlɪə̯.ɹi.əs/, eradicate /əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/, superhero /ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/, appreciation /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like cherry, chuffed, pajamas.
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.