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Shadowing practice: TANGLED Clip - "Rapunzel & Flynn Rider" (2010)

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  1. Is this hair?0:18
  2. Struggling is pointless.0:23
  3. Huh?0:27
  4. I know why you're here, and I'm not afraid of you.0:30
  5. What?0:35
  6. What?0:37
  7. Who are you, and how did you find me?0:45
  8. Ah.0:50
  9. Who are you, and how did you find me?0:52
  10. Mm -mm.0:58
  11. I know not who you are, nor how I came to find you.1:00
  12. But may I just say...1:03
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  1. Hi.1:06
  2. How you doing?1:10
  3. The name's Flynn Rider.1:12
  4. How's your day going?1:15
  5. Huh?1:16
  6. Who else knows my location, Flynn Rider?1:18
  7. All right, Blondie.1:22
  8. Rapunzel.1:23
  9. Gesundheit.1:24
  10. Here's the deal.1:25
  11. I was in a situation, gallivanting through the forest.1:26
  12. I came across your tower and...1:28
  13. Oh, oh, no.1:30
  14. Where is my satchel?1:32
  15. I've hidden it somewhere you'll never find it.1:34
  16. It's in that pot, isn't it?1:40
  17. Uh...1:44
  18. Huh?1:46
  19. Can't you stop that?1:48
  20. Now it's hidden where you'll never find it.1:51
  21. So, what do you want with my hair?1:54
  22. To cut it?1:58
  23. What?1:59
  24. Sell it?1:59
  25. No!2:00
  26. Listen, the only thing I want to do with your hair is to get out of it.2:01
  27. Literally.2:05
  28. Wait.2:06
  29. You don't want my hair?2:08
  30. Why on earth would I want your hair?2:10
  31. Look, I was being chased, I saw a tower, I climbed it.2:12
  32. End of story.2:15
  33. You're telling the truth?2:16
  34. Yes.2:18
  35. Hmm.2:19
  36. I know I need someone to take me.2:31
  37. I think he's telling the truth, too.2:34
  38. Doesn't have fangs.2:37
  39. But what choice do I have?2:38
  40. Okay, Flynn Rider.2:42
  41. I'm prepared to offer you a deal.2:44
  42. Deal?2:46
  43. Look this way.2:46
  44. Do you know what these are?2:49
  45. You mean the lantern thing they do for the princess?2:52
  46. Lanterns?2:57
  47. I knew they weren't stars.2:57
  48. Well, tomorrow evening, they will light the night sky with these lanterns.3:00
  49. You will act as my guide, take me to these lanterns, and return me home safely.3:06
  50. Then, and only then, will I return your satchel to you.3:12
  51. That is my deal.3:16
  52. Yeah.3:18
  53. No can do.3:20
  54. Unfortunately, the kingdom and I aren't exactly simpatico at the moment, so I won't be taking you anywhere.3:22
  55. Something brought you here, Flynn Rider.3:34
  56. Call it what you will.3:38
  57. Fate.3:39
  58. Destiny.3:41
  59. A horse.3:42
  60. So I have made the decision to trust you.3:42
  61. A horrible decision, Rhian.3:45
  62. But trust me when I tell you this.3:46
  63. You can tear this tower apart brick by brick, But without my help, you will never find your precious satchel.3:50
  64. Let me just get this straight.4:00
  65. I take you to see the lanterns, bring you back home, and you'll give me back my satchel?4:02
  66. I promise.4:07
  67. And when I promise something, I never, ever break that promise.4:10
  68. Ever.4:18
  69. Ever.4:19
  70. All right, listen.4:22
  71. I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice.4:23
  72. Here comes the smolder.4:27
  73. This is kind of an off day for me.4:37
  74. This doesn't normally happen.4:38
  75. Fine, I'll take you to see the lanterns.4:41
  76. Really?4:43
  77. Oops.4:45
  78. You broke my smolder.4:46

American accent practice in Tangled's tower standoff

This clip is the moment Rapunzel and Flynn Rider meet: she has just knocked him out with a frying pan, tied him to a chair, and is now interrogating him while he tries to talk his way free. It runs at 171 words per minute, faster than most of the catalogue, and sits at B1, so the vocabulary and grammar are simple but the delivery is not. If you want to practise english speaking at something closer to real conversational speed, this is a good clip to work against rather than one recorded slowly for learners.

The accent is American, and it stays close to standard General American throughout, which makes it useful for american accent training even though no single sound or reduction dominates the scene. What makes the dialogue interesting is the shape of it: two people talking past each other, interrupting, correcting, negotiating, which is closer to learning english with movies and series than to a scripted textbook dialogue.

The language of Flynn Rider's deal, line by line

Flynn introduces himself with "The name's Flynn Rider." and then "How's your day going?", two short lines dropped into what should be a tense interrogation. The mismatch between his casual tone and Rapunzel's serious one is the joke, and it is also what makes the lines worth repeating out loud: the words are simple but the attitude carries the meaning.

  • "Who are you, and how did you find me?" is repeated twice by Rapunzel, once at line 7 and once at line 9, so say it once as a genuine question and once as a threat, and notice how the same words change with stress alone.
  • "I'm prepared to offer you a deal." is formal next to Flynn's casual lines, so practise the shift from her clipped, deliberate delivery to his loose one.
  • "No can do." is a short, colloquial refusal, three words, worth saying until it comes out as one breath rather than three separate words.

How to shadow this scene for daily english conversation practice

Work the first exchange before the longer speeches. Start with Rapunzel's two questions, "Who are you, and how did you find me?", and repeat each on its own until the rhythm sits right, then move to Flynn's reply, "Hi." and "How you doing?"

  • Listen to lines 1 through 18 once without repeating, just to hear how fast the exchange moves.
  • Shadow Flynn's introduction on its own, "The name's Flynn Rider." then "How's your day going?", back to back, until the casual tone is automatic.
  • Take Rapunzel's line "I'm prepared to offer you a deal." and repeat it until the formal, deliberate pace stays even without slowing down.
  • Finish on "Let me just get this straight." from line 76 and try to match how quickly it is said before he lists the terms of the deal.
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