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Shadowing practice: Learn English with Frozen — Anna Meets Olaf

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  1. This Disney movie captivated hearts worldwide with its enchanting tale of two sisters, Anna and Elsa.0:00
  2. Frozen became a cultural phenomenon, fostering a sense of empowerment and confidence in young girls everywhere and reminding us all0:07
  3. how important it is to be our true selves.0:17
  4. In today's lesson, we are learning English with the lovable snowman Olive who brings humor and warmth into the story.0:24
  5. Now before we start if you are new here our method is really simple.0:33
  6. First you watch the scene with the subtitles then you learn all of the most important vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation0:37
  7. and finally you'll test your comprehension by watching the clip one more time this time without subtitles.0:44
  8. Our team really enjoys making lessons for you guys and we would love to keep bringing even more quality content0:51
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  12. and phrases you learned today.1:11
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  1. And now let's watch the clip.1:14
  2. I never knew winter could be so beautiful Yeah, it really is beautiful, isn't it?1:19
  3. But it's so white You don't have a little color I'm thinking like maybe some crimson Chartreuse How about yellow?1:28
  4. No, not yellow Yellow and snow?1:37
  5. No go Am I right?1:39
  6. Hi!1:46
  7. You're creepy.1:47
  8. Whoa!1:47
  9. I don't want it!1:48
  10. Whoa!1:49
  11. Bad hat!1:49
  12. Please don't drop me!1:49
  13. Come on, it's just a hat!1:50
  14. No!1:51
  15. Alright, we got off to a bad start.1:51
  16. Ew, ew, the body!1:53
  17. Wait, what am I looking at right now?1:58
  18. Why are you hanging off the earth like a bat?2:00
  19. I never knew winter could be so beautiful.2:06
  20. Yeah, it really is beautiful, isn't it?2:12
  21. But it's so white.2:15
  22. You know, have a little color.2:17
  23. I'm thinking like maybe some crimson, chartreuse.2:18
  24. So, Olive is mentioning colors here because, you know, it's winter, it's snow, everything's white.2:22
  25. And he just wants to spice it up a little, right?2:28
  26. So, crimson.2:34
  27. This is a deep, rich red color.2:35
  28. Oftentimes, you can describe a sunset as crimson.2:38
  29. And pay attention to the pronunciation because I heard this word being pronounced incorrectly with S sound.2:42
  30. But actually the correct pronunciation is with the Z sound, crimson.2:50
  31. Another color, chartreuse.2:53
  32. Oh, I really like chartreuse.2:55
  33. It comes from French and it is a bright yellowish green color.2:57
  34. It's named after French liquor.3:01
  35. I wonder, Izzy, if you have ever tried this liquor.3:04
  36. Never.3:07
  37. But I do know of the color.3:08
  38. And I didn't know this word before.3:10
  39. hearing it here so living and learning right chartreuse it's French rice the pronunciation the CH in English it will3:12
  40. normally be like like a check but here it's an SH sounds like shot chartreuse right so easy why is3:20
  41. he talking about colors here yeah as we'll see later if you watch the movie you see that he's kind3:28
  42. of obsessed with the idea of summer being you know under the Sun and feeling feeling the warmth of the3:34
  43. sun.3:42
  44. And he's never experienced it, obviously.3:43
  45. Otherwise, he'd melt.3:45
  46. But he loves the idea of summer.3:47
  47. So he's talking about these colors because these are like colors more related to summertime.3:50
  48. There was some connected speech also in this scene.3:57
  49. So it's a very common contraction.4:00
  50. So is not becomes isn't.4:02
  51. But then what happens next is we drop T in isn't.4:05
  52. And we link the N sound to the word it.4:09
  53. And it, in its turn, drops the T at the end.4:14
  54. So what we get as a result is isn't it.4:17
  55. What happens in the phrase how about, Izzy?4:21
  56. It's so white.4:24
  57. You don't have a little color.4:25
  58. Yeah, so I think he says how about, how about.4:27
  59. It's very short, right?4:30
  60. And it's one of those lazy sounds that you have in English that you shouldn't bother so much trying to4:32
  61. enunciate.4:37
  62. like how about you know because it's just casual like how about how about this how about that how about4:38
  63. a little color it's very natural right so he drops the t and the schwa sound is reduced so just4:43
  64. like how about really no pressure no i'm thinking like maybe some crimson chartreuse i'm thinking about these colors so4:49
  65. he uses the progressive tense here because he is right now Now considering what colors would match the scenery.4:59
  66. How about yellow?5:08
  67. No, not yellow.5:10
  68. Yellow and snow?5:11
  69. No go.5:13
  70. Yeah, this is funny.5:15
  71. So there's actually this expression in English.5:16
  72. Don't eat yellow snow.5:18
  73. Yellow snow is slow with urine, with pee in it.5:20
  74. And you hear adults saying this to kids because obviously they could see it and think like, Oh, it's interesting.5:24
  75. Let me try and put it in my mouth.5:31
  76. Right.5:33
  77. But it's very likely some animal or maybe person did that.5:33
  78. But this is also a figurative expression that people use to say something like, hey, don't make this obvious mistake.5:37
  79. And then he says like yellow and snow, no go.5:44
  80. No go.5:47
  81. So what does no go mean here?5:48
  82. Okay, so this is also a very casual informal expression, meaning that, okay, this is not possible.5:50
  83. This is not acceptable.5:57
  84. It's not going to happen.5:58
  85. Yeah, it's no go.6:00
  86. It's just no go.6:01
  87. So we covered some new awesome words today, but let me tell you, if you don't review them, you'll probably6:01
  88. forget them very soon.6:09
  89. If you want to be able to actually use these new words in a next English conversation, we have a6:11
  90. perfect solution for you.6:17
  91. We've made an exclusive set of flashcards for free on our RealLife English app.6:18
  92. This is an amazing way to review and memorize all the new words and expressions from today's lesson.6:24
  93. Here's the magic.6:31
  94. We use something called Spaced Repetition System.6:32
  95. It's like a smart algorithm that knows when you're about to forget a word and brings it back for review6:35
  96. right on time.6:42
  97. Just regularly practice for 10 -15 minutes and you'll always have the right words at the tip of your tongue6:43
  98. when you need them in real conversations.6:50
  99. Ready to get started?6:52
  100. Then using your phone, click in the description below to get straight to the flashcards or simply download the RealLife6:54
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  102. Creepy is something weird, strange, maybe unpleasant, gives you an eerie feeling.7:10
  103. What What are other things that you can think of that might be creepy?7:18
  104. Easy.7:22
  105. Yeah.7:23
  106. Like a ghost or a deity of a ghost, like a cemetery, like a house that's abandoned, right?7:23
  107. Something creepy or something like an animal that is like a creature, like a weird creature.7:29
  108. Maybe creepy.7:34
  109. Exactly.7:35
  110. So, for example, if it's Halloween and you challenge your friend to go to the forest, that would be creepy.7:35
  111. Yeah, right?7:44
  112. Dark forest during the Halloween.7:45
  113. Okay.7:48
  114. There's a very interesting chunk of words.7:48
  115. Christophe pronounces it as one word.7:54
  116. Back at you.7:57
  117. What is that?7:57
  118. Yeah.7:58
  119. So this is the actual longer expression.7:59
  120. Right back at you.8:02
  121. Or right back at you.8:04
  122. Or back at you.8:06
  123. So this is like a casual, playful response.8:07
  124. When somebody compliments you or says something nice.8:10
  125. You can just compliment them back by just saying back at you.8:14
  126. or right back at you.8:18
  127. So imagine like you're working on a project and somebody who assisted you in that project says something like, hey,8:20
  128. good job.8:26
  129. And you can say like, thank you, right back at you.8:27
  130. Mm -hmm, mm -hmm.8:29
  131. I think I heard it in sports as well.8:30
  132. So for example, if you're playing with your kid or playing ball with your kid and back at you, it's8:32
  133. just like returning the ball.8:37
  134. That's exactly what's happening in the scene, right?8:38
  135. So they pass to each other, all of head as if a ball.8:40
  136. So back at you in this context, it's just like returning a ball to Anna.8:46
  137. Yeah, like you pass it to me, I pass it to you.8:50
  138. Yeah, yeah.8:53
  139. The same with greetings, the same with compliments.8:53
  140. You want to compliment a person who complimented you, right?8:56
  141. Exactly that.8:59
  142. All right, we got off to a bad start.9:00
  143. Ew, ew, the body.9:02
  144. Okay, so when you get off to a bad start with something that you're doing, maybe a trip, a relationship,9:04
  145. a conversation, that means that it didn't start well, right?9:11
  146. It wasn't smooth or positive.9:15
  147. Maybe there was like a misunderstanding, you know, you didn't really connect there.9:17
  148. So you got off to a bad start.9:22
  149. And a situation I can think of is, imagine this, you got a new job.9:25
  150. This is your first day and you are late for a meeting.9:30
  151. So this is definitely like, you know, you can say that you got off to a bad start by arriving9:33
  152. late on your first day, right?9:39
  153. Good example.9:41
  154. Yeah.9:42
  155. I mean, that's exactly, I think, how one would use that expression.9:42
  156. So native speakers in English express their disgust by this exclamation, eww, what we just heard from Anna.9:48
  157. Sounds funny.9:57
  158. You know, it's funny, like in Portuguese, my native language, we say eca.9:58
  159. It's such a eca.10:03
  160. We say foo.10:06
  161. Foo.10:08
  162. That's so random.10:09
  163. But yeah, in English, I just say, you know, it's like eww.10:10
  164. Wait, what am I looking at right now?10:14
  165. Why are you hanging off the earth like a bat?10:15
  166. So first of all, let's define the connected speech here.10:18
  167. What am I looking at?10:21
  168. Could you break it down easy?10:24
  169. Yeah.10:25
  170. So he connects all those words, I believe.10:26
  171. Like, what am I looking at?10:28
  172. So the T in what becomes a flap T.10:30
  173. It becomes like a rara sound.10:32
  174. So what am.10:34
  175. And then the M in am, that word am connects with I.10:36
  176. So what am I?10:41
  177. What am I?10:43
  178. And then looking at, there's like an NG sound, like a nga nga.10:44
  179. yet looking at what am I looking at and here is a great example again of progressive tenses this is10:47
  180. all happening right now and he says what am I looking at why are you hanging off the earth yeah10:55
  181. this is uh just a good reminder for English learner to review when to use the progressive tense yeah the11:02
  182. action that is happening right now at the moment of speaking why are you hanging off the earth like a11:11
  183. bat why did he say that yeah you know bats these animals that fly they are small kind of creepy11:15
  184. they hang from the ceiling right so his face his head is upside down so they're seeing everything like inverted11:22
  185. upside down and he the way he views uh anna and kristoff they're hanging upside down it's as if they11:29
  186. were like bats so when you hang it's like imagine you have a rope attached to a ceiling or something11:37
  187. and you're hanging there or hanging off as a phrasal verb says all right wait one second oh thank you11:44
  188. you're welcome now i'm perfect well almost it was like my whole life got turned upside down Oh, too hard!11:56
  189. I'm sorry!12:04
  190. I...12:05
  191. I...12:05
  192. Head rush!12:05
  193. Are you okay?12:06
  194. Are you kidding me?12:07
  195. I am wonderful!12:08
  196. I've always wanted a nose.12:10
  197. He's so cute.12:12
  198. He's like a little beamy unicorn.12:13
  199. Hey, whoa!12:15
  200. Oh, I love it even more.12:16
  201. All right, let's start this thing over.12:19
  202. Hi, everyone.12:22
  203. I'm Olaf, and I like warm hugs.12:24
  204. Olaf?12:27
  205. Olaf?12:28
  206. That's right.12:32
  207. Olaf.12:33
  208. Oh, too hard.12:37
  209. I'm sorry.12:39
  210. I was just...12:39
  211. Are you okay?12:41
  212. Are you kidding me?12:41
  213. I am wonderful.12:42
  214. Head rush.12:45
  215. This expression is also known as a brain rush.12:46
  216. This is exactly that sensation of dizziness you have in your head when something happens.12:48
  217. For example, when you bump your head.12:53
  218. Sometimes you get up too fast, right?12:56
  219. Right.12:57
  220. From like you're sitting and you just get up fast and like, wait, I'm feeling dizzy, feeling without so much12:58
  221. balance.13:04
  222. Right.13:04
  223. Exactly.13:05
  224. Are you OK?13:05
  225. Are you kidding me?13:06
  226. So he means by saying, are you kidding me?13:07
  227. Something like, why are you even asking me that question?13:10
  228. I feel wonderful.13:12
  229. Like, are you kidding me?13:13
  230. Right.13:14
  231. So it's just like that nonsensical, sarcastic thing you can say is like, are you kidding?13:15
  232. Feel amazing.13:21
  233. I've always wanted a nose.13:22
  234. It's so cute.13:24
  235. It's like a little baby unicorn.13:25
  236. oh i love it even more he's so positive right yeah his optimism if you like watch is first of13:27
  237. all it's like an amazing movie one of my favorites we watched it like i don't know about 10 times13:37
  238. if not more and his optimism is just like infectious he's really cool he loves it even more yeah so13:43
  239. he's okay with that tiny nose then he says he loves it even more when it's back like his carrot13:53
  240. nose but here he says i've always wanted he uses the present perfect tense right it's like when we want13:59
  241. to talk about our dreams what we were thinking dreaming about you may exactly use this construction yeah I've always14:07
  242. wanted and then you say what you've always wanted yeah to visit Japan right to learn Japanese actually that I'm14:16
  243. just saying that because it is a dream of mine I've always wanted to learn Japanese all right let's start14:24
  244. this thing over hi everyone I'm Olaf you can often hear this phrase when you make a mistake or something14:31
  245. things let's start over let's start this thing over remember this phrase like we got off to a bad start14:38
  246. so exactly when something bad happened or not as expected at the very beginning you can say let's start this14:45
  247. thing over it's a great way to approach these situations right like if you get off to a bad start14:53
  248. just start it over ask for for that yeah beautiful so many lessons olaf can teach beaches.14:59
  249. And you are?15:11
  250. Um, I'm Anna.15:14
  251. And who's the funky looking donkey over there?15:16
  252. That's Sven.15:18
  253. Uh huh.15:19
  254. And who's the reindeer?15:20
  255. Sven.15:22
  256. Oh, oh, okay.15:23
  257. Make things easier for me.15:24
  258. I'll look at him trying to kiss my nose.15:27
  259. I like you too.15:28
  260. Olaf, did Elsa build you?15:30
  261. Yeah, why?15:32
  262. Do you know where she is?15:33
  263. yeah why do you think you could show us the way yeah why how does this work ow stop it15:34
  264. Sven try and focus here yeah why I'm Anna and who's the funky looking donkey over there that's Sven uh15:40
  265. -huh and who's the reindeer Sven oh oh okay make things easier for me I like how Olive confuses here15:51
  266. Kristoff a human and the reindeer, right?16:01
  267. So he names Kristoff a donkey, actually funky looking donkey.16:04
  268. Let's first define funky looking.16:09
  269. Yeah, I think they look strange, right?16:11
  270. Maybe bizarre, it's another word for something that's more than strange.16:12
  271. And funky looking, that's actually a formation that you could swap the word funky for something else, like beautiful looking,16:17
  272. maybe it's a something that you could say, right?16:25
  273. Good looking actually.16:27
  274. But funky looking is like basically an adjective a way to describe something that looks funky or that looks strange16:28
  275. yeah so and the donkey is this animal resembles a horse but has long ears and you can also uh16:34
  276. call a stupid person a donkey so maybe there is this joke also about this like donkey's a stupid person16:42
  277. uh -huh and who's the reindeer so a reindeer is a deer that lives in the northern parts of europe16:49
  278. eurasia and america like santa claus's reindeers yeah yeah and by the way guys i wanted to ask you do16:58
  279. you know how these things are called that deer grow on their heads easy do you know yeah so normally17:07
  280. you'd have like a horn like you could say it's a horn right it's a more common word for it17:16
  281. but in this case if i'm mistaken this is an antler right yeah exactly so these type of horns those17:21
  282. are antlers because those are like like branches so if you imagine a goat or a cow or sheep they17:29
  283. have horns but deer have antlers and another interesting point with this word is that deer has the same form17:35
  284. for singular and plural so there is a deer and there are deer but reindeer it's an interesting word it17:43
  285. has both forms so basically you won't make a mistake if you say reindeers oh look at him trying to17:51
  286. kiss my nose i like you too yeah so olaf says look at him trying to kiss my nose look17:58
  287. at him trying to kiss my nose but there's a lot of connected speech there and he connects look with18:04
  288. with at, with him, to say, look at him.18:10
  289. So the K connects with at, look at, and then the T becomes like a flap T, so da -da18:15
  290. -da sound, and the H drops in him.18:24
  291. So look at him, look at him trying ta.18:27
  292. So that to, ta word becomes again like a D sound, so look at him trying to, look at him18:32
  293. trying to kiss my nose.18:39
  294. Nice.18:40
  295. And there is another instance where he says the same phrase, Trina.18:41
  296. Stop it, Sven.18:45
  297. Try and focus here.18:46
  298. Try and focus here.18:47
  299. And I believe that here even more reduction is happening because what you just explained.18:49
  300. Yeah, trying to.18:55
  301. But we don't hear the sound here.18:57
  302. He drops it.18:59
  303. So all is left is Trina.19:00
  304. Try and focus here.19:02
  305. Try and focus.19:04
  306. He even drops the words I am.19:05
  307. I am trying to focus here.19:07
  308. He doesn't say those words because it's just casual, right?19:09
  309. It's colloquial.19:12
  310. So try to focus here.19:13
  311. I never knew winter could be so beautiful.19:18
  312. Yeah, it really is beautiful, isn't it?19:23
  313. But it's so white.19:26
  314. You know, how about a little color?19:28
  315. I'm thinking like maybe some crimson, chartreuse.19:30
  316. How about yellow?19:34
  317. No, not yellow.19:35
  318. Yellow and snow?19:37
  319. I'll go.19:39
  320. Am I right?19:43
  321. Hi.19:45
  322. You're creepy.19:45
  323. I don't want it.19:46
  324. Whoa, whoa, back at you.19:47
  325. Please don't drop me.19:48
  326. Come on, it's just a head.19:49
  327. No.19:50
  328. All right, we got off to a bad start.19:50
  329. Ew, ew, the body.19:52
  330. Wait, what am I looking at right now?19:57
  331. Why are you hanging off the earth like a bat?19:59
  332. All right, wait one second.20:01
  333. Oh, thank you.20:03
  334. You're welcome.20:06
  335. Now I'm perfect.20:07
  336. Well, almost.20:09
  337. It was like my whole life got turned upside down.20:11
  338. Oh, too hard!20:13
  339. I'm sorry.20:14
  340. I, I, I was just...20:15
  341. Head rush!20:16
  342. Are you okay?20:16
  343. Are you kidding me?20:17
  344. I am wonderful!20:18
  345. I've always wanted a nose.20:20
  346. It's so cute.20:22
  347. It's like a little baby unicorn.20:23
  348. Hey, whoa!20:26
  349. Oh, I love it even more.20:27
  350. All right, let's start this thing over.20:30
  351. Hi, everyone.20:33
  352. I'm Olaf.20:34
  353. And I like warm hugs.20:35
  354. Olaf?20:38
  355. That's right, Olaf.20:42
  356. And you are?20:45
  357. Um, I'm Anna.20:48
  358. And who's the funky looking donkey over there?20:50
  359. That's Sven.20:52
  360. Uh -huh.20:53
  361. And who's the reindeer?20:54
  362. Sven.20:56
  363. Oh, okay.20:57
  364. Make things easier for me.20:59
  365. I'll look at him and try to kiss my nose.21:01
  366. I like you too.21:03
  367. Olaf, did Elsa build you?21:04
  368. Yeah, why?21:06
  369. Do you know where she is?21:07
  370. Yeah, why?21:08
  371. Do you think you could show us the way?21:10
  372. Yeah, why?21:11
  373. How does this work?21:12
  374. Ow!21:13
  375. Stop it, Sven!21:14
  376. Try and focus here.21:15
  377. Yeah, why?21:16
  378. Thank you so much for learning with us today.21:17
  379. And remember to review all the words and expressions from today's lesson, go to the RealLife English app.21:20
  380. You can simply click the link below in the description under this video if you're using your phone or search21:26
  381. for RealLife English app in your favorite app store.21:34
  382. And if you feel like learning more today, check this lesson next.21:36
  383. I'm guessing you don't have much experience with heat.21:41
  384. Nope.21:44
  385. But sometimes I like to close my eyes and imagine what it'd be like when summer does come.21:45
  386. Bees will buzz, kids will blow dandelion fuzz, And I'll be doing whatever snow does in summer I drink in21:55
  387. my hand My snow up against the burning sand22:07

English Speaking Practice with a B1 Frozen Scene: Anna Meets Olaf

This clip is a lesson built around Anna and Olaf's first meeting in Frozen, an American accented scene rated B1 that moves at 173 words per minute, faster than most of the catalogue. That speed is exactly why it rewards english speaking practice: the pace forces you to keep up rather than pause and think.

The teacher walks through the method before the clip plays, then Anna and Olaf's exchange runs twice, once with subtitles and once without, so you can learn english with movies the way the channel intends: watch, study the words, then test yourself on the same lines cold.

The Colour Words and a Pronunciation Fix in This Scene

The dialogue itself is short and physical: Olaf reacts to the snow, gets thrown around, then settles into small talk about the view. Three moments stand out for anyone building english speaking practice for daily use around this clip.

  • "I never knew winter could be so beautiful" opens the scene on a simple, evenly stressed line, good for matching the rhythm of a native speaker before the dialogue speeds up.
  • "I'm thinking like maybe some crimson, chartreuse." packs two rare colour words into one breath. Chartreuse is on the rare word list for this clip, so hearing Olaf actually say it is worth more than reading it.
  • The teacher stops the scene to say she heard this word being pronounced incorrectly with S sound, then gives the fix directly: the correct pronunciation is with the Z sound, crimson. That correction is a built in pronunciation lesson, not something you have to guess at.

How to Work Through the Anna and Olaf Scene

Work the clip in this order rather than watching it straight through once.

  • Watch the first run with subtitles on, from "I never knew winter could be so beautiful" through the colour exchange, just to get the shape of the scene.
  • Isolate "I'm thinking like maybe some crimson, chartreuse." and shadow this line five times, matching the stress on each colour word rather than rushing through it.
  • Say crimson on its own a few times using the Z sound the teacher gives, since that is the one correction the clip hands you directly, useful if you want to improve your english accent on specific words rather than in general.
  • Move to the short exclamations, "Bad hat!", "Please don't drop me!", "No!". These are near instant reactions, so they are a fast way to practise english speaking without needing to hold a long sentence in your head.
  • Finish with the subtitle free replay the lesson builds toward, and check whether you can follow "But it's so white" and the lines around it without reading them. That is the comprehension test the channel's own method describes, and it is a fair check for english shadowing practice at B1.
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