0:08 There's a snake.
0:13 Once again, there's a conspiracy in Zootopia,
0:16 and it's up to Judy Hops and Nick Wild to uncover the truth.
0:20 In today's lesson, we'll learn with some scenes where Judy meets Gary the Snake,
0:24 the first snake to be seen in Zootopia in a century,
0:28 and she discovers that snakes are not dangerous as she's been told.
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1:03 Now, let's see Judy's first encounter with Gary.
1:13 Stop.
1:13 >> Please, you don't have to hurt him. hurt him.
1:21 Snakes never hurt anyone.
1:23 We aren't the bad guys.
1:26 They are.
1:28 And this journal holds the secret.
1:31 That will prove it.
1:34 I have to prove it.
1:40 Please.
1:40 This is our only chance to set things right.
1:43 And when I do, my family will finally be able to come home.
1:53 So Gary is immediately trying to convince Judy
1:56 that snakes have been misunderstood all along.
1:58 Let's break down the language he uses to make his case.
2:03 >> Snakes never hurt anyone.
2:06 We aren't the bad guys.
2:08 They are.
2:09 In everyday English, bad guys means the villains, the people doing harm, breaking rules,
2:14 or causing trouble.
2:16 The opposite, naturally, is the good guys.
2:18 It's a very casual, informal way of talking about heroes and villains.
2:22 You might recognize this from Billy Eyish's hit song Bad Guy.
2:26 I'm that bad.
2:27 Make your mama sad type.
2:29 Make your girlfriend seduce your dad.
2:33 I'm the bad guy.
2:36 Here, Billy playfully flips the whole idea.
2:39 She's the one claiming to be the bad guy.
2:41 And then Gary reveals
2:42 that the Lynxley's journal is the key to Zootopia's biggest mystery.
2:48 >> And this journal holds the secret that will prove it.
2:53 When something holds a secret,
2:55 it means that it contains hidden or crucial information that others don't know about.
2:59 We use the verb hold because the object is keeping something inside,
3:02 like a container.
3:04 You could say, "This old letter holds the answer."
3:06 Or, "Her expression held a secret."
3:09 Listen to these other examples.
3:11 This candle holds the miracle given to our family.
3:16 >> Use this magic to get your father back.
3:18 >> I can't.
3:18 Not yet.
3:19 >> I don't understand.
3:20 This holds a power no human can access.
3:22 >> I think the clock holds a clue.
3:24 So, I need to get back to the garden and to Hattie.
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4:47 Now, I bet you get frustrated
4:49 when natives speak fast
4:50 and you can't understand them,
4:51 right?
4:52 Well, actually, the problem isn't usually about speed.
4:55 It's about connected speech.
4:57 That's how we natives cut, reduce, and link our words together when speaking fluently.
5:02 Listen again to how Gary says prove it.
5:06 And this journal holds the secret that will prove it.
5:11 >> So connected speech usually happens when we have content words, nouns, verbs, adjectives,
5:16 etc. and function words, articles, particles, pronouns, auxilary verbs, etc. together.
5:21 Function words link to content words
5:23 or other function words
5:24 and sometimes even reduce
5:26 or morph.
5:27 This is a simple example.
5:28 Instead of saying prove and it as two separate words,
5:32 we say a smooth prove it.
5:34 Prove it.
5:35 Your speaking will only improve with lots of practice.
5:38 So listen to Gary again and try to say that just like him.
5:42 >> And this journal holds the secret that will prove it.
5:47 Holds the secret that will prove it.
5:58 And we have another great instance of connected speech
6:00 that we can practice in the clip where Gary first appears.
6:04 There's a snake.
6:05 >> Mayor Wind Dancer's exclamation almost sounds like just one word.
6:08 First, the article a usually just reduces to what's called a schwa sound.
6:12 Uh uh.
6:14 It then links to theirs.
6:16 There's a there's a Let's put it all together.
6:21 There's a snake.
6:22 There's a snake.
6:23 Now you try.
6:24 Say that just like wind dancer.
6:26 >> There's a snake.
6:28 There's a snake.
6:36 So apparently something went very wrong
6:38 and that's why Gary needs a secret inside the journal.
6:42 >> This is our only chance to set things right.
6:45 >> What do you think it means to set things right?
6:48 To fix a mistake or correct an unfair situation?
6:51 To move things to the correct position?
6:53 To tell the truth about something?
7:02 Nice.
7:03 This expression is about restoring justice after something has gone wrong.
7:07 Think about the movie Encanto.
7:08 Bruno spent years in the walls of the house
7:11 because everyone blamed him for bad things happening.
7:13 His whole journey and honestly the whole family's journey is about setting things right.
7:18 Here are a couple other examples.
7:20 I've got to go back and set things right.
7:27 >> We'll set things right.
7:27 Good job up to this point.
7:28 Let's fast forward in the movie.
7:30 Gary escapes and Judy discovers
7:32 that snakes are innocent
7:33 and the Lynxleys are the real villains.
7:36 As Nick and Judy get closer to uncovering the mystery of how snakes were
7:40 banished from Zootopia,
7:42 the Lynxley's have Nick thrown in jail.
7:44 However, Pabert and Gary are able to rescue Judy just in time.
7:48 This character, Pawbert, is also a Lynxley,
7:51 but he's the black sheep of his family and has agreed to help Gary.
7:56 A black sheep is a family member who does not fit in with the
7:59 behavior and values of the rest of their family,
8:01 just like Alphaba from Wicked.
8:03 Now, let's check out the scene where Judy wakes up after being saved by
8:07 this duo.
8:19 >> YOU'RE NOT DEAD.
8:22 SHE'S not dead.
8:25 >> Sorry.
8:25 Sorry, I just got my motorcycle license.
8:28 >> But out here, no one's going to catch us.
8:32 >> Almost to me hide out.
8:35 >> You shall succeed, Judy Hops.
8:38 We'll stop the link sleeves and save your partner.
8:42 >> I'm sorry.
8:43 You are >> Oh, Gary.
8:45 Gary the snake.
8:47 >> Welcome to my oasis, away from my evil family.
8:52 I like to come here just kind of veg out.
8:55 Get with all my cat stuff.
8:58 >> No, that's actually vintage.
9:01 You could just not >> Oh, no.
9:03 No.
9:03 Please don't.
9:04 >> Wow.
9:05 Mammos get the best stuff.
9:09 Turn it off.
9:10 Turn it off.
9:10 Turn it off.
9:10 Turn it off.
9:10 Turn it off.
9:15 >> Oh god.
9:16 Sorry.
9:16 Sorry.
9:17 I just got my motorcycle license.
9:19 >> A license is an official document that gives you legal permission to do something.
9:23 A driver's license lets you drive a car.
9:25 A pilot's license lets you fly a plane.
9:28 A fishing license lets you fish.
9:29 Povert isn't a great motorcycle driver yet because he just got his license.
9:34 Povert is a silly character, so he playfully says this next line.
9:37 >> Almost to me hideout.
9:40 >> Okay, did you catch that?
9:41 Gary says me hideout instead of my hideout.
9:45 It's pirate speech.
9:47 A bit like how Captain Jack Sparrow would speak.
9:49 Pirates replace my with me.
9:52 Mi ship, me treasure, me hideout.
9:55 And pirates often have a hideout,
9:56 a secret place to hide from people who are after them
9:59 or to find tranquility.
10:01 Just like Batman's Batcave.
10:02 Now, let's check out some interesting grammar that Gary used.
10:05 >> We shall succeed, Judy Hops.
10:08 We stop the Lynx leaves and save your partner.
10:11 >> In modern English, we almost always use will to talk about the future.
10:15 We will succeed.
10:16 But shall is an older, more formal way of expressing the same thing.
10:21 We can use it when we want to sound more dramatic.
10:23 Here are a couple more examples.
10:26 >> The school of rock.
10:32 >> And we shall teach rock and roll.
10:35 >> But why they don't offer more ice with their drinks?
10:38 I shall never understand.
10:40 >> Life's not fair, is it?
10:43 >> You see, I Well, I shall never be king.
10:47 And next, Judy uses a really useful social expression.
10:51 >> I'm sorry.
10:52 You are >> Oh, Gary.
10:54 Gary the snake.
10:55 >> So, this is a very polite, smooth way to ask someone's name.
10:59 The I'm sorry at the start isn't a real apology.
11:01 It's more like a way of saying excuse me,
11:03 or forgive me for not knowing.
11:05 It signals politeness before asking something slightly awkward.
11:08 For example, imagine you're lost in a new city.
11:12 You might ask a local, "I'm sorry,
11:13 but do you know where the train station is?
11:15 Welcome to my oasis.
11:18 >> Literally, an oasis is a green, fertile spot in the middle of a desert.
11:23 But we use it figuratively all the time to mean any peaceful place
11:26 that exists within a stressful situation.
11:28 And I love the phrasal verb that Pbert used next.
11:31 >> Away from my evil family.
11:33 I like to come here just kind of veg out.
11:37 Get with all my cat stuff.
11:39 >> What do you think veg out means?
11:42 To eat lots of vegetables
11:43 and be healthy. to completely relax
11:45 and do absolutely nothing to redecorate your space.
11:55 Yes, this is a very casual informal expression.
11:58 When you veg out, you usually do something mindless like watching TV,
12:03 scrolling on your phone, or staring at the ceiling.
12:06 Veg comes from vegetable because when you veg out,
12:09 you're about as active as a vegetable on the couch.
12:12 Similarly, we can call a lazy person a couch potato.
12:16 >> You know what?
12:16 I don't feel like going out.
12:18 I'd rather just veg out in front of the television or something like that.
12:22 >> The human being is called a couch potato.
12:25 >> Next, Gary goes a little crazy with all of Povert's cool objects.
12:29 >> No, that's actually vintage.
12:31 >> When something is vintage, it's old, but in a good, desirable way.
12:35 It refers to things from the past that are now considered stylish, special,
12:39 or collectible.
12:40 Vintage clothing, vintage cars, vintage furniture.
12:43 It's the opposite of old junk.
12:45 This word actually comes from wine- making.
12:47 A vintage wine is one from a particularly great year.
12:50 The older and better the year, the more valuable the bottle.
12:53 >> Wow.
12:53 MAMMALS GET SOME BAD STUFF.
12:56 >> Gary is a snake, which means he's a reptile, not a mammal.
13:00 So, what exactly are mammals?
13:02 They're warm-blooded animals that feed their young with milk.
13:05 Humans, dogs, cats, rabbits, all mammals.
13:09 Reptiles, like snakes, on the other hand, are coldblooded.
13:12 Gary is just a little envious here of Pawbert's toys.
13:14 And let's wrap up with a final bit of connected speech.
13:19 Turn it off.
13:19 Turn it off.
13:19 Turn it off.
13:20 Turn it off.
13:20 Turn it off.
13:21 You'll almost always see connected speech with phrasal verbs like this.
13:24 The T in it is between two vowels.
13:27 So, we convert it to a tap T and connect it to off.
13:31 It off.
13:32 It off.
13:33 And then all three words flow together as if they were just one.
13:37 Turn it off.
13:39 Turn it off.
13:40 Listen again and try to say it just like povert.
13:44 Turn off.
13:44 Turn it off.
13:44 Turn it off.
13:45 Turn it off.
13:45 Turn it off.
13:46 Turn it off.
13:46 Turn it off.
13:47 Turn it off.
13:54 Awesome work today.
13:55 Now comes the most important part of the lesson, your test.
13:59 You'll watch all the scenes again, this time without subtitles,
14:02 and answer some quiz questions.
14:03 Ready?
14:11 Stop.
14:11 Please.
14:12 You don't have to hurt him.
14:15 Hurt him.
14:19 Snakes never hurt anyone.
14:21 We aren't the bad guys.
14:23 They are.
14:26 And this journal holds the secret that will prove it.
14:31 I have to prove it.
14:38 Please fill in the blank.
14:39 After years of rivalry,
14:40 the two brothers finally sat down to talk
14:42 and decided and decided to set things right.
14:56 This is our only chance to set things right.
15:00 And when I do, my family will finally be able to come home.
15:14 >> YOU'RE NOT DEAD.
15:17 SHE'S NOT DEAD.
15:20 >> SORRY.
15:20 SORRY.
15:21 I just got my motorcycle license.
15:23 But out here, no one's going to catch us.
15:27 Almost to me hide out.
15:31 >> Gary says, >> "We shall succeed, Judy Hops."
15:34 >> Which sentence has the most similar feeling to this one?
15:37 We will get there soon.
15:38 We are going to try our best.
15:40 We will overcome this.
15:49 We stop the links and save your partner.
15:53 You've just been introduced to someone at a networking event,
15:56 but you miss their name.
15:58 Which is the most polite and natural way to ask?
16:01 Wait, who are you again?
16:02 I'm sorry.
16:03 You are What did you say your name was?
16:13 >> I'm sorry.
16:14 You are >> Oh, Gary.
16:17 Gary the snake.
16:18 Welcome to my oasis, away from my evil family.
16:23 I like to come here just kind of veg out.
16:27 True or false?
16:28 To veg out means to spend your free time doing something healthy.
16:38 >> False.
16:39 It means to relax completely and do nothing.
16:42 >> Get with all my cat stuff.
16:44 >> No, that's actually vintage.
16:47 You could just not >> Oh, no.
16:49 No.
16:50 Please don't.
16:50 Wow.
16:51 Mammos get the best stuff.
16:56 >> Turn it off.
16:56 Turn it off.
16:56 Turn it off.
16:56 Turn it off.
16:57 Turn it off.
16:59 >> Oh, yeah.
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17:40 Either leg or both.
17:42 I don't care.
17:43 Maybe put a doodle on it.
17:44 Doesn't need to be perfect.
17:45 He's also legally blind.
17:53 >> I put a little train there cuz I know you like trains.
17:55 And >> come on.
17:56 Come on.
17:56 Come on.
17:58 Just Yes, I know.
17:59 Hurry.
17:59 I got this.
18:00 Jiggle it.
18:01 Jiggle it.
18:01 Jiggle it.
18:02 Hson world, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED.
18:05 STAND DOWN and wait for backup.
