Prática de Shadowing: Adam Savage Examines the Props of Hamilton! - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

Oh my pretties, I'm standing in a very happy place right now.

I'm in San Francisco at the San Francisco show of Hamilton on the set.

And I love this show.

I've talked about it endlessly.

I love theater because that's where I got my start.

And to be honest, it's the first art form that will survive an apocalypse totally intact.

But the old prop master in me has watched Hamilton the multiple times I've seen it

And just notice the sheer volume of hand props and stuff

that move across the stage and disappear quickly So we are going to talk to this show's prop master Mike Eichmeier

About what his job is like what he has to repair

and just how much abuse actors can dish out to the hand props Mike you are the prop master here.

Is that correct?

That's correct.

Okay.

I am the head props of of Hamilton, San Francisco.

And because this show is being done all over the world, your job is totally easy, right?

Everything was just ordered from New York and delivered and it all works, right?

Yes.

Okay, good.

Yes, it is.

Not always it works out that way, but yes.

And then over the course of running the show, we break things.

Well, having seen the show a few times, I'm astounded by the density of objects that move across the stage.

Even though it's a very open frame stage, like you have to manage a lot of physical objects during the night.

Can we talk about this right here?

This is a great place to start.

This is one of our candle carts.

Okay, this is for which scene?

This is for helpless and satisfied.

Right, right, right.

This is my favorite thing I noticed this morning, which is the fake glass of champagne and in the epoxy and the glitter Dude,

this so this is super cool.

I love this kind of thing, right?

Because you've got the glitter in there which makes it look like champagne bubbles to the audience Yep, and the actors and I didn't realize this you got they're all magnetic

So so that someone can pick up a tray and it doesn't fall Yes, they ride out on the cart and so that way and the trays actually magnet to the cart

That that is really one of the other things if you notice.

Yeah, they're not all the same.

Do different actors grab different ones depending on where they are this just

that they're not perfect They're not perfectly all the same.

So it looks like everybody's has a different glass of champagne That is lovely and then these light up

These are the electrics department.

Yep, and this is a type of fake candle.

I have some of these in my house They look remarkably realist wonderful.

So none of the flame on stage is real real Well, only time we have flame on stage is during the song burn

when she actually burns a letter then It's

that like that's a thing to set a fire on a stage It is like there's always

and we have an open we have a candle.

Yeah, we use a beeswax candle and

And one of the other things is about the paper that they use for the actual burn letter.

When they designed

that, they actually sat in a shop a whole day with all kinds of different papers

and burning them Just and burning them to see to get the right amount of time

So they actually spent a whole day burning all kinds of different pieces of paper

that we find the right one that makes me so happy Yeah That's exactly the kind of research.

I love yeah, and speaking of paper There's a lot of paper in the

show there's like the Reynolds pamphlet gets thrown all over the

place Where there's a couple hundred pieces of paper gotta have a large spreadsheet of stuff to

The Reynolds pamphlet this is this is a group one

that uh or takes out there and right throws up in the air

So this is a group of 20 never gonna be president now This is amazing.

Oh, so you've used some Greek text in here, but the it's like you've used an old parchment Yep,

how often do you have to replace this you need a certain amount on stage every night?

We have

70 of these on stage tonight

Actually a little over that about 75 so part of your daily thing is making sure there's enough There's enough there.

We actually have them all there and then also

These get changed out about once a month Sometimes a little just full stop changed out.

Yeah, because they get worn.

Yeah, usually Definitely a paper change every month

Most of the time some papers get changed that sooner than

that now I used to work in props

And I've wrangled them on set and I've built them for shows

and one thing

that astounded me is I've never not been as Amazed by

how much damage a small female actress can do to large welded steel Oh absolutely,

if it can be broken the actors find some way to break it.

Yes, do you have the same issues?

I have the same issues one of our issues is these chairs over here behind the candle cart Okay

Which we'll show you here

if you want to take a look at these chairs One of these chairs has been repaired

and one of them has not okay.

Let's see I Actually upon a cursory view it's not totally obvious to me This one feels a little lighter.

Is that the one that was repaired?

Actually the one that's been repaired it actually split the leg whoa Here okay, so you've got a join here in fiberglass to hold it

together actually this is fiber fix fiber fix What is that it is?

You know these to fix shovel handles an air dry fiber Yeah, you get wet and it has its own built-in resin

So what we did was we actually use the CA glue

to run through the joint right right through the crack Yeah clamped it

and then we put this over it and paint it that and like how does hoop?

How does somebody break that chair?

I don't But it was it came off broken,

you know each of these like these carts I can see they've got They've got little tabs for hitting their marks.

They pin into this track actually right here and that's how they make it on stage.

They're actually a train of them.

So this actually moves on a track?

Yeah, it's actually pushed out by a person and with the push stick, it actually pushes this train of four out.

That's incredible.

We have connecting bars that connect the two together, so there's space in between them.

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And it just means that they can hit their mark that much faster, that much more reliably.

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Well, we can't actually, because they go out on stage.

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Right, right, oh, okay.

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And so you can't take them out there on your own, so you train them out and one person pulls them off.

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So everything is moving and sliding, Again, I've seen the show what gets the most abuse during

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the course of the night probably this blue box over here

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behind you This is the the the one he stands on to the stands on Farmer refuted, right?

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Farmer refuted and Hamilton stands on it in my shot, right?

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And so this one probably because during my shot it gets literally hurled upstage To the back wall,

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okay, so I can see this getting abuse and it probably gets splinters Oh, yeah, I have to sand it make sure the actors are safe

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And then it looks like a nice old box

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which means it as the paint wears off you have to repaint it

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But we do it we have to paint repaint read distress.

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It's not trivial.

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Oh my god.

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Oh, yeah That simple boxes that this is your headache it is Yep, and these boxes are actually if you notice how light they are

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because the actors actually have to carry it right

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But it has to hold somebody it's a they're very unique They're actually foam.

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What's that?

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It's actually foam.

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It's actually foam on the inside.

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Yeah, it's a solid block It's a block you're a name.

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I see so there's no compressibility.

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It's basically pink foam and then they put up make a plywood shell That's super awesome.

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Yep.

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That's how they're so light but you can stand on it Okay, but what if so now I'm also thinking about the table

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that Burr stands on for room where it happened Oh that table the mirror table.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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That is actually on the other side We'll have to go.

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Can we go take a look?

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Actually, we should probably stop and look at the scepter if you want Oh yeah,

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I want to look at the scepter since we're going that way So this is the scepter the king's scepter

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That is lovely it is it's a really nice little swagger stick there Yeah, I could carry one of these right just walk around.

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I think I could tell it Is Is it the same

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scepter for each one of the yes traveling shows we have

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a pair of these This is the one everybody uses I see but yeah, and all the shows have them That's the same piece.

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It's the actor get attached to it over time.

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I would imagine imagine So this isn't just where it's stored in general.

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This is where it's stored during the show.

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Am I right?

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And we bring it down at intermission just like this and we unstack it and we dress both tables.

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We clean the mirror table and dress it.

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I had no idea it was a mirror table until I just looked up at the underside.

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And this is the one that Burr stands on.

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That's the one Burr stands on.

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That's the room where it happens.

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Wow.

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I'm amazed that there are so many pieces.

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You literally can't store them backstage.

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You have to fly them.

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Yeah, it's just easier just to hang them up because you want to take it off or you, yeah, we can.

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That is remarkably unscratched given that an actor stands on it every night.

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It actually has a tablecloth on it.

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Ah, okay.

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Let me grab the call

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But he still stood there to tell costs removed during the dance he and he literally does a bunny hop they

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pull it surprises me every single time I've seen the show

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and then he jumps off of it You can actually see the footprints from last night.

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Oh Yes, so I can always wearing some soft-soled sneakers or not sneakers, but yeah, they're shoe rubber and

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That's the table

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and this this hasn't this looks like it's in pretty original shape It doesn't look like you've had to repair it.

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No, we have not had to repair it.

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We got do a little touch-up to it We polish the mirror about once a month

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and then otherwise every night we clean it amazing I'm noticing.

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Yeah, I'm noticing tons of weaponry and swords around have the three swords and we have lots of muskets Oh, oh, right.

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Wait, wait.

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Sorry.

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I'm too dueling pistols.

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Can we see the dueling?

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Absolutely.

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Let's go get the dueling Okay, I can't believe I'm on the stage.

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It's so awesome.

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These are the pistols.

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These are the pistols Oh, and the cool thing is on the they have a line on them.

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Yeah Still trigger discipline still ingrained Wow,

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it's amazing to see them up close.

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I mean it's such a key moment, right?

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You know they get used both for generally and for Hamilton

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and these must get these must get a lot of abuse

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over They do they get dropped on the floor every night Really?

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Yep

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Did they look pretty good for getting dropped on the floor

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every days we we haven't really had to do any maintenance to them They're

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Surprisingly heavy I notice as we've covered Armaments in Hollywood films that the actors prefer the foam weapons,

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but the directors like to give them heavy things Yes, and these are heavy.

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Yeah, no, there's definitely like you can see that

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when you're right you're holding it up It's got some real half to it if it was just a piece of foam.

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Yep, you'd see that Same way with the with our muskets.

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Do you have more than two in stock?

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I have I have another one Right there so that you can swap out if you need to yeah Amazing.

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Oh my god.

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Mike.

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Thank you so much for letting me handle some of your toys.

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Oh, absolutely.

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That is really awesome There you go And there you have it.

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I can't believe I got to touch some of those props.

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You can still buy tickets to come see this show and you should.

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It's playing at the Orpheum Theater.

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Tickets can be bought at BroadwaySF.com.

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I'll see you here.

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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Esta aula de conversação de nível B2 usa o vídeo “Adam Savage Examines the Props of Hamilton!”. Este vídeo tem 200 frases e 2239 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 11:46. O falante fala rápido, cerca de 190 palavras por minuto, então espere sons ligados e reduzidos. 86% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

As 15 palavras mais avançadas do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:

Palavra	Pronúncia	Significado
prop substantivo	/pɹɑp/	escora, apoio
foam substantivo	/ˈfɔʊ̯m/	espuma
candle substantivo	/ˈkæn.dəl/	vela
cart substantivo	/kɑɹt/	carroça, carreta
duel substantivo	/ˈdul/	duelo
champagne substantivo	/ʃæmˈpeɪn/	champanhe, champanha
pistol substantivo	/ˈpɪstəl/	pistola
amaze verbo	/əˈmeɪz/	espantar, surpreender
astound verbo	/əˈstaʊnd/	surpreender
musket substantivo	/ˈmʌskət/	mosquete
pamphlet substantivo	/ˈpæmflɪt/	panfleto, brochura
refute verbo	/ɹɪˈfjuːt/	refutar, desmentir
glitter verbo	/ˈɡlɪtəɹ/	resplandecer
litter substantivo	/ˈlɪt.ɚ/	lixo
tray substantivo	/tɹeɪ/	bandeja, tabuleiro

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

Palavra	Pronúncia	Significado
pick up verbo		pegar
put up verbo		afixar
take out verbo		tirar, remover
walk around verbo		dar uma volta, andar por
work out verbo	/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/	calcular

Frases que vale a pena repetir

Frases curtas e completas do vídeo que você pode usar na conversa do dia a dia:

Can we talk about this right here?
Yes, do you have the same issues?
Can we go take a look?
Can we see the dueling?
Do you have more than two in stock?

Gramática neste vídeo

As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:

Estrutura	No vídeo
Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agora	I've talked · has watched · I've wrangled
Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem faz	being done · was just ordered · can be broken
Orações relativas who / which + oração — informação extra sobre uma pessoa ou coisa	morning, which is · there which makes

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 56 contrações e formas reduzidas, como they're, I'm, I've. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, intermission /ɪntɚˈmɪʃən/, shovel /ˈʃʌv.əl/, spreadsheet /ˈspɹɛd.ʃit/, sheer /ʃɪɚ/
Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: remarkably /ɹɪˈmɑɹkəbli/, intermission /ɪntɚˈmɪʃən/, apocalypse /əˈpɑkəlɪps/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/

Sons difíceis para falantes de português:

Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: prop /pɹɑp/, cart /kɑɹt/, astound /əˈstaʊnd/, musket /ˈmʌskət/, pamphlet /ˈpæmflɪt/
/l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: candle /ˈkæn.dəl/, duel /ˈdul/, pistol /ˈpɪstəl/, shovel /ˈʃʌv.əl/, wrangle /ˈɹæŋɡəl/
/h/ — um sopro suave, diferente do “r”: helpless /ˈhɛlplɪs/, headache /ˈhɛdeɪk/

Como praticar com este vídeo

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Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

Frases que vale a pena repetir

Gramática neste vídeo

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

Como praticar com este vídeo

O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?