0:00 Well, okay.
0:01 Maybe he only speaks whale.
0:06 Now Dory What are you doing?
0:10 What are you doing?
0:12 Are you sure you speak whale?
0:13 >> Can you Dory, heaven knows what you're saying.
0:19 See, he's swimming away.
0:20 Come back.
0:22 He's not coming back.
0:23 You offended him.
0:25 >> Maybe a different dialect.
0:29 Dory Dory, this is not whale.
0:31 You're speaking like upset stomach.
0:33 Maybe I should try humpback. >> try humpback.
0:36 ALL RIGHT.
0:37 HE ACTUALLY SOUNDS SICK.
0:38 >> Maybe louder, huh?
0:40 Don't do that. >> orca.
0:42 Didn't it sound a little orca-ish?
0:42 >> It doesn't sound orca.
0:44 It sounds like nothing I've ever heard.
0:50 What's up, global citizens?
0:52 Today, we're learning English with Finding Nemo.
0:55 So, I'm Ethan, your RealLife English fluency coach,
0:58 and I watched this movie countless times when I was a kid.
1:02 And I'm excited to teach you with my favorite scene from the movie where
1:06 we can learn to speak whale.
1:08 You know, when you get into a conversation
1:10 and a word you know you've learned won't come to your mouth?
1:14 You feel stuck using the same basic phrases all the time.
1:17 So, your speaking isn't natural like it is in your mother tongue.
1:20 And this is normal.
1:22 Most English learners understand much more English than they can speak
1:26 because they spend a lot of time training their listening
1:28 but not their speaking.
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1:55 Let's kick off our lesson with this expression, "heaven knows".
1:58 Can you Dory, heaven knows what you're saying.
2:03 This is a phrase you can use when something is a mystery.
2:06 No one can explain it.
2:07 It's a more dramatic way of saying, "I have no idea".
2:10 Marlin is basically saying
2:12 that what Dory is saying to the whale is completely incomprehensible.
2:16 You'll sometimes hear "God knows", which means the same thing.
2:19 Here are some examples.
2:21 Wait, where did you and Nokundolve go?
2:23 Heaven knows.
2:25 The American accent?
2:27 I don't know.
2:28 Passengers find American more reassuring.
2:30 God knows why.
2:31 Or like in the Beach Boys famous song,
2:34 God only knows what I'd be without you.
2:40 >> >> And I'm sure you get frustrated
2:42 when you can't understand natives
2:43 because we speak too fast.
2:44 Usually, it's not actually because of speed, but connected speech.
2:49 That's how we cut, reduce, and link our words together in fluent speech.
2:53 Like here.
3:00 Dory.
3:00 What are you doing?
3:01 What are you doing?
3:03 What are you doing?
3:05 So, when a T is between two vowels in American English,
3:09 it usually becomes a tap T, which sounds like the.
3:13 And the three first words of this question all link together into one sound.
3:17 What are you?
3:19 What are you doing?
3:21 What are you doing?
3:22 If you want to improve your speaking, you need to practice a lot.
3:25 So, listen to Marlin again and try to say that just like him.
3:29 What are you doing?
3:30 What are you doing?
3:32 What are you doing?
3:35 What are you doing?
3:42 And next, Marlin criticizes Dory's whale speaking skills.
3:46 Dory, this is not whale.
3:48 You're speaking like upset stomach.
3:50 Hilarious.
3:51 Marlin is saying that Dory doesn't sound like a whale at all.
3:54 She sounds like someone with a stomach ache.
3:56 An upset stomach is when your stomach feels uncomfortable.
3:59 Maybe it's a little sick, crampy, or just off.
4:02 You'd say this if you ate something bad or you're feeling nauseous.
4:05 Check out this example.
4:07 What do you think you're doing?
4:09 Let the little ones have their share.
4:11 We don't want you getting an upset stomach.
4:14 Maybe she tried humpback.
4:15 >> No, don't try humpback.
4:17 >> >> ALL RIGHT.
4:18 SHE ACTUALLY sounds sick.
4:19 >> In this scene, we hear two types of whales.
4:21 A humpback whale is one of the most famous species.
4:25 They're known for their long haunting songs, which scientists still study today.
4:29 Then, she mentions another type of whale, dolphin actually.
4:32 Too much orca.
4:33 Didn't it sound a little orca-ish?
4:33 >> It doesn't sound orca.
4:35 It sounds like nothing I've ever heard.
4:37 So, this is an orca, also called a killer whale.
4:40 The suffix Dory used is super native-ish.
4:45 When you add -ish to the end of a word, it means kind of.
4:48 It makes the word less exact.
4:50 So, orca-ish means a bit like an orca.
4:53 Are you hungry?
4:55 Kind of.
4:55 I'm a bit peckish.
4:57 What time did you arrive?
4:58 11-ish.
5:00 Was the movie good?
5:01 It was okay-ish.
5:02 You can add -ish to almost anything in casual conversation.
5:06 It's one of those little words
5:08 that immediately makes your English sound more natural
5:11 and native.
5:11 Now, let's rewind.
5:12 The reason Dory is speaking whale here is
5:14 because she and Marlin got lost
5:16 and need directions.
5:18 Watch here.
5:19 Let's see.
5:20 Okay, no one in there.
5:21 Uh nope.
5:23 Not a There's somebody.
5:28 Hey!
5:28 It's a fish we don't know.
5:30 If we ask it directions, it could ingest us and spit out our bones.
5:33 >> What is it with men and asking for directions?
5:35 You want to get out of here, don't you?
5:36 >> Of course I do.
5:37 >> Well then, how are we going to do
5:38 that unless we give it a shot
5:39 and hope for the best?
5:41 Dory, you don't fully understand.
5:42 >> Come on!
5:44 Trust me on this.
5:54 >> All right.
5:57 Excuse me.
5:58 Woo!
5:59 Little fella?
6:01 Hello.
6:02 Don't be rude.
6:03 Say hi.
6:04 Huh.
6:05 Hello.
6:06 His son, Bingo, Nemo, was taken to uh Sydney.
6:11 Sydney.
6:11 Yes.
6:12 And it's really really important that we get there as fast as we can.
6:16 So, can you help us out?
6:18 Come on, little fella.
6:20 Come on.
6:23 Dory, I'm a little fella.
6:25 I don't think that's a little fella.
6:29 Oh.
6:30 Oh, big fella.
6:31 Big Well.
6:32 So, we saw some more nice expressions in that part.
6:35 Let's take a closer look.
6:36 Let's see.
6:37 Okay, no one there.
6:39 Uh nope.
6:42 Nada.
6:42 What do you think nada means?
6:46 A little bit?
6:47 Everything?
6:48 Nothing?
6:58 That's right.
6:59 Nada means nothing, zero, zilch.
7:02 It actually comes from Spanish, but it's been fully absorbed in casual English.
7:07 You'll hear it all the time in everyday conversation.
7:10 If a friend asks, "Did anything interesting happen today?"
7:13 and nothing did, you might just say, "Nada."
7:16 It's a fish we don't know.
7:17 If we ask it directions, it could ingest us and spit out our bones.
7:20 >> What is it with men and asking for directions?
7:22 Marlin is scared that the creature might eat them.
7:25 That's what to ingest means, to swallow or take something into the body.
7:30 >> >> It's a formal word.
7:31 Doctors, for example, often ask,
7:33 "Did you ingest anything unusual before you started feeling sick?"
7:36 And this next line had two great expressions.
7:39 You want to get out of here, don't you?
7:40 >> I do.
7:40 >> Well, then, how are we going to do
7:42 that unless we give it a shot
7:43 and hope for the best?
7:44 To give it a shot means to try something,
7:47 especially when you're not sure if it'll work.
7:49 It's the same idea as give it a try.
7:51 You'll hear this one constantly in English.
7:53 Think of Blackpink's Lisa.
7:55 Before her acting debut in The White Lotus,
7:58 she had never acted a day in her life.
8:00 But when the opportunity came, she said she'd give it a shot.
8:04 And listen to this other example.
8:05 And I think if you give it a shot, you might love it, too.
8:08 And then hope for the best means to stay optimistic about an outcome,
8:12 even though you can't control what happens.
8:15 You do what you can, and then you hope.
8:18 All we can do is wait and hope for the best.
8:20 >> Think about these two expressions we just covered.
8:22 Give it a shot.
8:24 Hope for the best.
8:25 Now, if you got in a conversation later today,
8:27 would you be able to use these expressions naturally like a native speaker?
8:32 How about next week?
8:33 Or a month from now?
8:35 Every learner faces this problem.
8:37 One, it's hard to remember new expressions.
8:40 And two, even if you remember what it means
8:42 when you hear or see it,
8:43 it's really not the same thing to feel confident speaking it.
8:47 Well, over the last 13 years helping millions of learners like you,
8:50 we've discovered the most effective way to communicate confidently.
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9:17 now.
9:18 By the way, that line was absolutely packed with connected speech for us to
9:22 break down.
9:23 Listen again.
9:24 Well, then how are we going to do
9:25 that unless we give it a shot
9:27 and hope for the best?
9:28 Let me give you a tip for pronunciation.
9:31 In English, we have content words.
9:34 These are the nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc.
9:38 They carry the main meaning of the sentence.
9:40 We emphasize these.
9:42 Then, there are the function words.
9:45 These are the auxiliary verbs, pronouns, articles, prepositions, etc. that add grammatical structure.
9:52 They're usually reduced.
9:54 So, function words in this phrase like are, to, it, a, for,
10:00 and the disappear or link to the surrounding words.
10:04 How are becomes hower. hower Going to becomes gonna. gonna It a becomes ida.
10:17 ida And for the becomes forda. forda Pay attention to how I say it.
10:23 How are we gonna do
10:25 that unless we give it a shot
10:29 and hope for the best?
10:33 How are we gonna do
10:34 that unless we give it a shot
10:35 and hope for the best?
10:37 All right, now you try.
10:38 Listen to Dory again and try to say that line fluently like her.
10:42 How are we gonna do
10:42 that unless we give it a shot
10:44 and hope for the best?
10:45 How are we gonna do
10:46 that unless we give it a shot
10:48 and hope for the best?
10:59 Excuse me.
11:00 Woo!
11:00 Little fella?
11:03 Ah, so fella is an informal word usually for a boy or man.
11:09 Think of it like dude, but slightly more old-fashioned.
11:12 So, little fella is an affectionate way to address someone or something small.
11:16 And then, as Dory says later, he's actually a big fella.
11:20 Dory, I'm a little fella.
11:22 I don't think that's a little fella.
11:26 Oh.
11:27 Oh, oh, big fella.
11:28 Big whale.
11:29 So, Dory is successful in getting the whale's attention.
11:32 Just as well, he might be hungry.
11:34 >> Don't worry, whales don't eat clown fish, they eat krill.
11:37 Swim away!
11:38 Oh, look, krill.
11:45 Now let's see what happens after Dory
11:47 and Marlin are sucked up by the whale.
11:55 What's going on?
11:56 Don't know.
11:56 I'll ask him.
12:09 Dory.
12:09 Dory.
12:09 What What is that noise?
12:15 Oh, no.
12:16 Look what you did.
12:18 The water's going down.
12:19 It's It's It's It's going down!
12:26 Really?
12:26 You sure about that?
12:27 Look, already it's half empty.
12:29 Hm, you could say it's half full.
12:31 >> Stop that!
12:32 It's half empty!
12:36 >> >> Okay, that one was a little tougher.
12:39 He either said we should go to the back of the throat,
12:42 or he wants a root beer float.
12:44 >> Of course he wants us to go there!
12:46 That's eating us!
12:48 How do I taste, Moby?
12:49 Huh?
12:49 Do I taste good?
12:50 You tell him I'm not interested in being lunch.
12:59 What is going on?
13:08 >> >> Okay.
13:08 Dory!
13:08 >> >> He says it's time to let go!
13:12 Everything's going to be all right!
13:14 How do you know?
13:16 How do you know something bad isn't going to happen?
13:19 I don't!
13:43 >> >> We're alive!
13:47 Look!
13:47 Sidney did me Sidney!
13:50 Sidney!
13:51 Yeah, Sidney again!
13:54 You were right, victory!
13:55 We made it!
13:57 WE'RE GOING TO FIND MY SON.
14:02 Thank you, sir.
14:06 Wow!
14:07 I wish I could speak whale.
14:13 Oh, no!
14:14 Look what you did.
14:17 The water's going down.
14:18 It's It's It's It's going down!
14:20 Going down simply means something is decreasing or dropping.
14:24 In this case, the water level inside the whale.
14:26 But, this little phrasal verb is super versatile.
14:29 An elevator goes down, prices go down, the sun goes down.
14:34 You can even use it to ask about a situation.
14:37 What's going down?
14:38 Is informal slang for what's happening.
14:40 So, depending on the context,
14:42 it can be totally literal or quite casual and slangy.
14:45 And then we heard a classic expression in English about mindset and personality.
14:50 Really?
14:50 You sure about that?
14:51 Look, already it's half empty.
14:53 Hmm, I could say it's half full.
14:55 Stop that!
14:56 It's half empty!
14:57 When you say the glass is half empty,
14:59 it means you tend to focus on the negative side of things.
15:02 When you say it's half full, you're focusing on the positive side.
15:05 This is one of the most famous ways to describe
15:07 if someone is a pessimist
15:09 or an optimist.
15:10 Marlin, the anxious clownfish who spent the whole movie worrying,
15:13 of course sees the glass as half empty.
15:15 And Dory, the eternal ray of sunshine, half full, obviously.
15:19 Think of someone like Nelson Mandela.
15:21 He spent 27 years in prison, but came out determined to improve South Africa,
15:25 not negative about what he lost.
15:28 Now, that's a glass half full kind of person.
15:30 Now, let's look at a bit of native grammar.
15:32 You sure about that?
15:33 Look, already it's half empty.
15:35 So, Dory doesn't say a full "Are you sure about that?"
15:39 She says, "You sure about that?"
15:41 This happened earlier, too.
15:43 She said, "Don't know." instead of "I don't know."
15:46 What's going on?
15:47 Don't know.
15:48 Native speakers do this all the time in casual conversation.
15:51 We drop words like I, are, do, and have,
15:56 especially at the beginning of a sentence.
15:58 It makes speech faster and more natural.
16:01 Here are a few more examples you'll hear constantly.
16:03 "Got it." instead of "I got it."
16:06 "Seen that movie?"
16:07 instead of "Have you seen that movie?"
16:10 "Coming tonight?"
16:11 instead of "Are you coming tonight?"
16:13 So, next time you watch a movie
16:14 or TV show and feel like you missed the first words of a sentence,
16:18 this might be why.
16:19 Okay, that one was a little tougher.
16:21 He either said we should go to the back of the throat
16:24 or he wants a root beer float.
16:27 >> Of course he wants US TO GO THERE.
16:29 THAT'S eating us.
16:30 How do I taste Moby, huh?
16:33 >> >> I love this misunderstanding from Dory.
16:35 So, a root beer float is a classic American treat.
16:38 It's a glass of root beer, a sweet, fizzy,
16:41 non-alcoholic drink with a scoop of vanilla ice cream floating on top.
16:45 Yum.
16:46 And Marlin casually nicknames the whale Moby.
16:49 This is referring to Moby Dick,
16:50 one of the most famous novels in American literature by Herman Melville.
16:54 It's about Captain Ahab,
16:56 who's obsessed with hunting a massive white sperm whale named Moby Dick.
17:00 Even if Americans haven't read it, they probably know classic lines from it like,
17:04 "Thar she blows."
17:06 He says it's time to let go.
17:10 EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE all right.
17:12 How do you know?
17:14 How do you know something bad this going to happen.
17:17 I don't.
17:19 This touching line from Dory actually has two meanings at once.
17:22 So, the literal one,
17:24 the whale is telling them to physically release their grip and drop.
17:27 But, the deeper meaning?
17:29 To let go also means to stop holding on to fear, worry, or control.
17:34 For Marlin, the entire movie is about learning to let go of his fear,
17:37 of his need to protect Nemo from every possible danger.
17:41 And Dory's role is helping him to discover this.
17:43 You'll hear this expression all the time, both literally and emotionally.
17:47 You need to let go of the past.
17:49 Let go of the rope.
17:51 Sometimes, you just have to let go and trust the process.
17:55 And luckily, we see that Dory was right.
17:57 You were right, Dory.
17:58 We made it.
18:00 WE'RE GOING TO FIND MY SON.
18:01 We made it is an expression of pure relief and triumph.
18:05 It means you succeeded at something difficult.
18:07 The alley is so beautiful.
18:12 We made it.
18:14 We made it.
18:15 You've done great today, and now comes the most important part.
18:19 You'll test your comprehension by watching all the scenes again without subtitles
18:23 and answering some quiz questions.
18:25 Give it your best shot.
18:31 Let's see.
18:33 Okay, no one there.
18:34 Uh nope.
18:36 No one there.
18:40 There's somebody.
18:41 Hey, excuse Dory, Dory, okay, now it's my turn.
18:44 I'm thinking of something dangerous.
18:45 It's a mysterious It's a fish we don't know.
18:47 If we ask for directions, it could ingest us and spit out our bones.
18:50 >> What is it with men and asking for directions?
18:52 >> I don't want to play the gender card right now.
18:54 You want to play a card?
18:55 Let's play the let's not die card. >> to get out of here, don't you?
18:57 >> Of course I do.
18:58 >> Well, then.
18:58 Your friend asks if you want to try a new restaurant you've never heard
19:00 of.
19:01 You're not sure, but you're willing to try.
19:03 What do you say?
19:04 I'll give it a shot.
19:06 Heaven knows.
19:07 We made it.
19:18 >> And how are we going to do
19:19 that unless we give it a shot
19:20 and hope for the best?
19:22 You don't fully understand.
19:24 >> Trust me on this.
19:34 All right.
19:38 Excuse me.
19:39 Little fella?
19:42 Hello.
19:43 Don't be rude.
19:43 Say hi.
19:45 Hello.
19:46 His son, Bingo, Nemo, was taken to uh Sydney.
19:52 Yes, and it's really really important
19:54 that we get there
19:55 as fast as we can.
19:56 So, can you help us out?
19:59 Come on, little fella.
20:01 Come on.
20:03 Dory, I'm a little fella.
20:06 I don't think that's a little fella.
20:10 Oh.
20:11 Oh, oh, big fella.
20:11 Big that whale.
20:13 Okay, maybe he only speaks whale.
20:21 Dory.
20:21 What are you doing?
20:23 What are you doing?
20:24 Are you sure you speak whale?
20:26 >> Can you Dory, heaven knows what you're saying.
20:32 See, he's swimming away.
20:33 Come back.
20:35 He's not coming back.
20:36 We offended him.
20:37 >> Maybe a different dialect.
20:42 Dory.
20:42 Dory, this is not whale.
20:43 You're speaking like upset stomach.
20:45 Maybe I should try humpback.
20:48 >> No, don't try humpback.
20:48 ALL RIGHT.
20:49 HE ACTUALLY SOUNDS SICK.
20:50 >> MAYBE LOUDER, HUH?
20:52 DON'T DO THAT.
20:53 >> Too much orca.
20:54 Didn't that sound a little orca-ish?
20:55 >> It doesn't sound orca-ish.
20:57 The suffix -ish makes a word mean kind of or sort of.
21:00 Fill in the blank with the correct -ish word.
21:03 What time does the party start?
21:05 You can arrive around What time does the party start?
21:15 You can arrive around 7-ish.
21:17 It sounds like nothing I've ever heard.
21:22 Oh.
21:22 It's just as well.
21:23 He might be hungry.
21:24 >> Don't worry.
21:25 Whales don't eat clown fish.
21:26 They eat krill.
21:27 Swim away!
21:29 Oh, look.
21:29 Krill.
21:37 Move, Dory!
21:37 What's going on?
21:38 Don't know.
21:39 I'll ask him.
21:51 >> >> Dory.
21:51 Dory.
21:51 Look, what is that noise?
21:57 Oh, no.
21:58 Look what you did.
22:00 The water's going down.
22:01 It's It's It's It's going down!
22:08 Really?
22:08 You sure about that?
22:09 >> Look, already it's half empty.
22:11 Hm, I'd say it's half full.
22:13 Stop that!
22:14 It's half empty.
22:15 True or false?
22:16 A person who says the glass is half full is a pessimist.
22:27 False.
22:28 Half full is an optimist.
22:30 Half empty is a pessimist.
22:36 >> >> Okay.
22:36 That one was a little tougher.
22:38 He either said we should go to the back of the throat
22:41 or he wants a root beer float.
22:44 >> Of course he wants US TO GO THERE.
22:45 THAT'S eating us!
22:47 How do I taste, Moby?
22:49 Huh?
22:49 Do I taste good?
22:50 You tell him I'm not interested in being lunch.
22:59 What is going on?
23:02 Okay.
23:03 Dory!
23:04 go.
23:07 He says it's time to let go.
23:11 Everything's going to be all right.
23:13 >> How do you know?
23:15 How do you know something bad isn't going to happen?
23:18 I don't.
23:43 >> >> We're alive.
23:46 Look.
23:47 Sydney.
23:50 Sydney.
23:51 Uh Sydney.
23:51 Yeah, Sydney again.
23:53 You were right, Dory.
23:55 We made it.
23:56 Match each expression on the left with a situation
23:59 if it's best on the right.
24:15 We're going to find my son.
24:20 Thank you, sir.
24:24 Wow, I wish I could speak whale.
24:27 Ah, yeah.
24:28 I hope you had a lot of fun at learning English
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25:16 >> >> I KNEW IT.
25:17 I KNEW I WASN'T THE only one.
25:19 Me, too.
25:20 Everyone falls out of the tree every now and then.
25:22 They just don't admit it.
25:23 Wait, what?
25:25 Some of us have a tough time holding on to the branches.
25:28 I mean, it's not like we're bats or something.
25:29 We don't have wings to keep us up.
25:32 And then you were in the tree because Oh,
25:37 I was looking for my brothers.
25:38 They are always getting into trouble.
25:40 Brothers?
25:41 You mean there's more?
25:41 Sure.