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WE ARE NOW STRANDED ON THIS DESERTED
ISLAND IN the middle of the ocean. And
we're going to be stranded here for the
next 7 days. And that boat that just
left was our only way out of here. Why
do we keep doing this? I thought it'd be
fun. Despite its beauty, civilization
has not been able to survive on this
island for over 250 years. But for the
next 7 days, we're going to try to. And
we only have around 4 hours UNTIL IT
GETS DARK. It's hot out here. We need to
build a shelter immediately.
>> I mean, why don't we just camp here?
This spot looks pretty good. So, I say
we kick things off by us going and
looking for wood. And you two, we'll
prep camp.
>> Yes. Have fun with that. Come on, Sean.
Come on, Chandler.
>> How do we prep camp?
>> You know, I don't know.
>> Ah, yeah. I'm Izzy, your real life
English fluency coach. And Jimmy, who's
also known as Mr. Beast, is a famous
YouTuber who does all these crazy
challenges. And right now he and his
friends are about to spend a week on an
island with basically nothing. So no
hotels, no restaurants, no way to call
for help. They're completely stuck out
there. And that's what we call being
stranded. When you're stranded
somewhere, you're trapped there with no
way to escape or get help. Now
throughout this challenge, you're going
to learn tons of other useful English
expressions about facing dangerous
situations, dealing with problems, and
building solutions. So, I highly
recommend that you use the Real Life
English app to save all these words and
make sure you never forget them and
really expand your vocabulary forever.
The link to download the app for free is
in the description and I'll tell you
more about it in a little bit. Now,
let's dive in and see how they survived
their first day.
So, we immediately got to work, but we
had to be careful because above you is
the most dangerous tree on Earth. It
contains poisonous tree sap that could
literally kill you.
>> Why are we still standing here?
>> And meanwhile, Nolan and Mac were making
a fire pit.
>> I'd say it's a pretty good fire, would
you say?
>> Well, it's not a fire yet.
>> Well, I'd say it's a pretty good
fireplace.
>> And Sean started constructing the frame
for our shelter. Are you sure that's not
going to fall on us?
>> Yep.
>> Feel like Sean's like our survival dad.
It's been called worse.
>> And while gathering some more materials,
we came across some wildlife on the
island. Oh, look at these chickens over
here. Hey, wait. Stop running away. And
it wasn't long until I found out why the
chickens were afraid of us.
>> Hey, what are we doing over here?
>> Ah!
>> Wait, what is that?
>> Uh oh. It's a knife.
>> Were you going to try to kill one of
those chickens?
>> Please let me eat a chicken.
>> We don't kill chickens.
>> Jimmy, what did you eat for dinner
before you got here?
>> Don't ask. We spent the rest of day one
preparing our camp, which was pretty
simple. I'm going to show you guys
around the camp. This is the fire and
we're going to make food. Come over
here.
And this is where we sleep. That
concludes the tour. We pulled over our
survival crate, which contains food,
water, and most importantly, a flare in
case someone gets hurt. And by the time
the sun went down, we had everything
figured out except one thing.
Wait, hold up. Isn't sunscreen
flammable?
>> It's the end of day one and I'm already
starting to get a little sunburned.
>> I'm hoping to get some good sleep
tonight
>> and I hope it doesn't rain.
>> Tomorrow we need to build a bigger
shelter. And by we, I mean dad over
there is going to build a bigger
shelter.
>> I got you.
>> I got Oh.
>> Oh. Oh,
>> Jimmy, you're like mom. Sean's dad.
>> I'm just gonna go to bed. I'll see you
on day two.
>> During the first night of sleep, we
tossed and turned a lot. And by we, I
mean me. So, it was a good thing we were
fixing this the next day.
All right. Now, let's learn all the
advanced expressions that we just saw.
And by the end of this video, I bet that
you'll be more capable of understanding
the full video from Mr. beast without
subtitles. So, in the clip we watched in
the beginning of the lesson, we saw that
Jimmy and his friends are stranded on
this island because they're both left.
But you could use this expression
stranded in other situations, too. Like
if your car breaks down in the middle of
nowhere or if you miss the last train
home at night. Now, notice how he
describes the island.
>> Despite its beauty, civilization has not
been able to survive on this island for
over 250 years. Despite is a function
word used for showing contrast. For
example, you could say that Cristiano
Ronaldo remains a great football player
despite being already 40 years old. So,
what Mr. Beast is saying here is, yes,
the island is beautiful, but
civilization still can survive here. The
beauty didn't help.
>> We only have around 4 hours until it
gets dark. It's hot out here. We need to
build a shelter immediately. I mean, why
don't we just camp here? This spot looks
pretty good. A shelter is any structure
that protects you from the weather, from
rain, sun, wind, or cold. It could be a
tent, a house, or in this case,
something they'll build from materials
on the island.
>> So, I say we kick things off by us going
and looking for wood, and you two, we'll
prep camp.
>> Yes.
>> To kick things off means to begin
something. It's a casual, more energetic
way to say, "Let's get this started," or
"Let's get this going." Check out this
other example. But first, we're going to
kick things off with everyone's favorite
Navy rock and roll trumpet band, Take It
Away, Brass Kissers.
>> And so, we immediately got to work, but
we had to be careful because above you
is the most dangerous tree on Earth. It
contains poisonous tree sap that could
literally kill you.
>> Sap is a sticky liquid that comes out of
plants. If you've ever touched a tree
and gotten something sticky on your
hands, that's sap. Apparently, this tree
has poisonous sap that's dangerous to
touch.
>> And meanwhile, Nolan and Mac were making
a fire pit.
I'd say it's a pretty good fire. Would
you say?
>> Well, it's not a fire yet.
>> Well, I'd say it's a pretty good
fireplace.
>> Meanwhile is a transition word that
means while this was happening. It helps
us understand that two things are
happening at the same time, but in
different places. So while some of the
guys were collecting wood at the same
time or meanwhile Nolan and Mac were
making a fire pit. A fireplace on the
other hand usually refers to the
structure inside a house where you build
fires with walls around it in a chimney.
>> And Sean started constructing the frame
for our shelter. Are you sure that's not
going to fall on us?
>> Yep.
>> In his context, the frame is the basic
structure of something you're building.
Think of it like the skeleton of the
shelter, the poles that hold everything
up. Later, you add walls and a roof to
the frame.
>> While gathering some more materials, we
came across some wildlife on the island.
>> When you come across something, it means
you find it by chance or by accident.
You weren't looking for it specifically,
but suddenly there it is. Like when you
clean your room and come across some old
photos. See this other example.
>> Still, when you come across a person
who's lost something that really
matters, you have to answer the call.
>> And it wasn't long until I found out why
the chickens were afraid of us. If you
say it wasn't long until something
happened, you mean it happened quickly.
For example, if you have the habit of
falling asleep when watching movies, you
could tell a friend about it by saying,
"I started a movie and it wasn't long
until I fell asleep." So, Mr. Beast is
saying, "Not much time passed before he
discovered the reason the chickens were
afraid of them."
>> Hey, what are we doing over here?
>> Ah,
>> wait, what is that?
>> Uh, oh, it's a knife.
>> Were you going to try to kill one of
those chickens?
>> Please let me eat a chicken.
>> We don't kill chickens.
>> Jimmy, what did you eat for dinner
before you got here? The way Mac
pronounced that entire sentence was
pretty fast. But did you notice how he
also linked different words? There was
one particular example of connected
speech I think it's important to
analyze. Listen to how he said the
words, "What did you eat?"
>> Jimmy, what did you eat for dinner
before you got here?
>> Let's see. First, you should know that
when we have a word that ends in a D
sound, like did followed by a word that
starts with a Y like you, natives will
often change that D sound for a J. So,
did you? And because the word did gets
contracted here, merging into what, what
we hear is what you what you eat. What'd
you eat for dinner?
Let's practice by repeating after Mac.
>> Jimmy, what did you eat for dinner?
Jimmy, what did you eat for dinner?
>> All right, great job if you just
practice that phrase. Cuz you know using
connected speech is one of the things
that separate advanced speakers from
beginners. And also I would say using
everyday expressions like kick things
off or come across is fundamental. It's
essential for achieving confident
natural fluency in English. But here's
the problem. If you don't practice these
expressions until they become automatic,
they'll just vanish from your memory in
days or even hours. And that is exactly
why you should try our flash cards for
this lesson. And the good news is
actually everything here is good news.
But what's also good news is that
they're completely free to start. You'll
see for yourself that our flash cards
work like magic because the app uses
smart technology that brings back words
for review just when you're about to
forget them. So by simply practicing 10
to 15 minutes a day, you see that these
expressions will become a part of your
natural vocabulary forever. So, I'm
inviting you to not just watch this
lesson with Mr. Beast, but experience
it, but actually experience it on the
real life app. Just tap the link in the
description below to get free access
right away.
>> I'm going to show you guys around the
camp. This is the fire and where we're
going to make food. Come over here.
And this is where we sleep. That
concludes the tour.
>> To conclude something means to finish.
You might hear this expression at the
end of business presentations or
official tours. So Jimmy's being funny
here because it was a very short tour,
so there wasn't much to show.
>> We pulled over our survival crate, which
contains food, water, and most
importantly, a flare in case someone
gets hurt.
>> A crate is a large container, often made
of wood, like this. And a flare is a
device that produces a very bright
light. People use flares in emergencies
to signal for help. When you set it off,
it shoots up into the sky and creates a
bright light that can be seen from far
away.
>> Wait, hold up. Isn't sunscreen
flammable?
It's the end of day one and I'm already
starting to get a little sunburn.
>> Sunscreen or sunblock is a cream or oil
you put on your skin to protect it from
the sun's rays. It helps prevent
sunburns when your skin turns red and
painful because you spend too much time
in the sun. So, as they try to start a
fire, they remember that sunscreen is
actually flammable, meaning it can
easily catch fire. Like gasoline, for
example, is highly flammable.
>> I'm just going to go to bed. I'll see
you on day two. During the first night
of sleep, we tossed and turned a lot.
>> When you toss and turn, it means you
can't sleep well. You keep moving around
in bed, rolling from one side to the
other, trying to get comfortable. I know
when the room is too hot or I'm anxious
about something, I'll find myself
tossing and turning at night. So, after
their first night on the island, the
group realized that actually their
shelter that they had built wouldn't
survive the week. So on day two, they
got to work building a bigger, stronger
camp, one that could keep out the rain
and bugs. By day three, the nights were
getting worse. The island was crawling
with insects, and everyone was covered
in bug bites. Later that day, they swam
to a nearby rock island just for fun,
but dark clouds soon appeared on the
horizon. They rushed back and reinforced
their shelter before the storm rolled
in. Luckily, the rain passed them that
night. On day four, tired of eating the
same bagged meals, they decided to go
fishing. So Mac pulled the others into
deep water with a rope. And after hours
of struggling, they caught just one
fish, but it was the best meal they'd
had all week. Then came day five when a
team set out to explore some old ruins
high up in island hills. The view from
the top was amazing, but getting back
wasn't so easy. As it got dark, they
lost their way in the jungle, ran into
cactus thorns, and got caught in the
rain. They eventually made it back to
camp, tired, wet, and ready to rest.
Let's see what happened then in the next
clip.
>> But unexpectedly, around the corner was
something we've been fearing this entire
challenge.
>> You feel that,
>> guys? Bad news. There's a ton of water
on the top of our shelter. I just don't
know if that's going to be safe for us
to be under it.
>> Despite our efforts from earlier to make
the shelter better, water was beginning
to pull up on our roof from the storm.
>> All this water on top of us. Is there a
world that could bring our structure
down?
>> And even though all we wanted at this
point was a night of sleep, we had to
get up and deal with it.
>> Oh my god, we are absolutely screwed.
I'm just getting destroyed and pummeled
by rain all night. And after 2 hours of
rain, a damaged shelter, and soaking wet
beds, there was no chance any of us were
going to sleep that night. Raining on
you at night. The worst experience you
can have on these. I'm so tired.
Hopefully, it just passes over.
>> And even though this was an all-time
low, our only option was to wait this
thing out.
>> I'm not going to lie, the rain last
night was pretty brutal.
>> I don't know if I've ever been that cold
uh ever.
>> What do you want to do today, Dylan?
>> I don't know. Absolutely nothing. I just
can't wait to get out of here.
But unexpectedly, around the corner was
something we've been fearing this entire
challenge.
Literally, around the corner means just
past the corner of a building or street.
But we also use it figuratively to talk
about time and events. In this sense,
when something is around the corner, it
means it's coming very soon. It's about
to happen. Like, if it's the end of
November, you could say that Christmas
is just around the corner. Despite our
efforts from earlier to make the shelter
better, water was beginning to pull up
on our roof from the storm.
>> When water pulls up, it collects in one
place and forms a puddle or a pool.
Instead of draining away, it just sits
there and accumulates.
>> Oh my god, we are absolutely screwed.
I'm just getting destroyed and pummeled
by rain all night.
>> Screwed is a link expression that means
you're in serious trouble or in a really
bad situation. It's pretty informal, so
you wouldn't use it in professional
settings, but it's very common in casual
conversation. See this example?
>> Can it be repaired, little miss?
>> No, it can't. You're screwed.
>> So, Jimmy says they were getting
destroyed and pummeled by rain all
night. To pummel means to hit repeatedly
and hard. Usually, we use it to talk
about physical punches, like in a
fighting sport, but here it's used
figuratively. The rain was hitting them
hard and constantly.
>> And after two hours of rain, a damaged
shelter, and soaking wet beds, there was
no chance any of us were going to sleep
that night.
>> If something's soaked, it is completely
wet like this. In other words, it is
soaking wet. Like if you fall into a
pool with all your clothes on, you'll be
soaking wet.
>> And even though this was an all-time
low, our only option was to wait this
thing out.
Which of these best describes an
all-time low? A moment when things are
difficult. The worst point in a
situation, a time when you're feeling
tired.
An all-time low is the worst point or
the lowest moment in a situation. When
things can't get any worse, that's an
all-time low. You could also call this
rock bottom. Now, to wait something out
means to stay where you are and wait
patiently until something bad passes or
ends. You're not trying to escape or fix
it. You're just enduring it until it's
over. For example, you might wait out a
storm in your house or wait out a boring
meeting until it finally ends.
>> I don't know if I've ever been that cold
uh ever. What do you want to do today,
Dolan?
>> And here's another instance of advanced
connected speech. Listen to how he
pronounced all those T and D sounds.
What do you want to do today, Dolan?
>> Let's try to catch everything he's doing
there. First, the words what do merge.
We drop the t sound and make the d sound
faster. What do what do you?
Next, want to becomes w to. This is a
common pattern and you're probably
already familiar with it. So, what do
you w to? Then he finishes the phrase
with do today sounding like do today. Do
today. What do you want to do today?
Cool. Right now, let's practice by
repeating.
>> What do you want to do today, Don? What
do you want to do today, Don?
So, after a long stormy night, everyone
is exhausted and cold. The camp was
soaked, their shelter was damaged, and
their spirits were low. But the next
morning, Jamie decided to change her
attitude and make the best of what they
had left. Let's watch today's final
clip.
So, in an effort to turn things around,
we treated ourselves to canned cobbler
for breakfast. Pretty
>> good. Not bad. Yeah,
>> can
>> And with the help of this unorthodox
breakfast,
>> we were beginning to return back to
normal. And it became clear how exactly
we were going to survive day six
>> by having fun with each other.
And I began to realize
>> even though we've all done a lot of
suffering,
>> why'd we pick the heaviest seat in
existence,
>> this whole trip has been filled with a
lot of fun.
>> Cheers, boys.
>> And adventure.
>> We did it.
>> Moments like these are hard to find. And
when I look back on this challenge, we
probably won't remember the bad times as
much as we will the good.
>> It's kind of cool.
So, in an effort to turn things around,
we treated ourselves to canned cobbler
for breakfast. Pretty
>> good. Not bad. Yeah, for
>> a can.
>> To turn things around means to change a
bad situation into a good one. To
reverse the direction things are going.
For example, when Steve Jobs came back
to Apple in the 1990s, the company was
almost going bankrupt, but it turned
things around with a new strategy
focused on the iMac, iPod, and iPhone.
So, let's hear what Jimmy says they did
to turn things around that morning.
>> We treated ourselves to canned cobbler
for breakfast. Pretty
>> good. Not bad.
>> Yeah, for can.
>> To treat yourself means to do something
special for yourself, usually as a
reward or to make yourself feel better,
like going to a spa if you're stressed
out or rewarding yourself with an ice
cream if you pass an exam. And cobbler
is a type of dessert, sort of like a
fruit pie with a crumbly topping. When
food comes in a can like the cobbler
they're eating, we call it canned food,
like canned soup or canned beans. And
with the help of this unorthodox
breakfast, we were beginning to return
back to normal.
>> Unorthodox means unusual or different
from what's normally done. Like it's not
the traditional or expected way. Eating
dessert for breakfast is definitely
unorthodox. Most people eat cereal,
eggs, or toast for breakfast, not
cobbler.
>> This whole trip has been filled with a
lot of fun.
>> Cheers, boys. and adventure.
>> We did it.
>> Moments like these are hard to find. And
when I look back on this challenge, we
probably won't remember the bad times as
much as we will the good. It's kind of
cool. Nice reflection there by Jimmy.
And that's how they closed their 7-day
adventure on this island. But we're not
done yet because we're going to move on
now to the test. We're going to watch
all the clips again without any
subtitles this time. And I'm going to
ask you some quiz questions to check how
well you've understood everything. Are
you ready?
We are now STRANDED ON THIS DESERTED
ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN. And
we're going to be stranded here for the
next 7 days. And that boat that just
left was our only way out of here. Why
do we keep doing this?
>> I thought it'd be fun.
>> Despite its beauty, civilization has not
been able to survive on this island for
over 250 years. But for the next 7 days,
we're going to try to. And we only have
around four hours until it gets dark.
>> It's hot out here. We need to build a
shelter immediately.
>> I mean, why don't we just camp here?
This spot looks pretty good. So, I say
we kick things off by us going and
looking for wood. And you two, we'll
prep camp.
>> Yes. Have fun with that. Come on, Sean.
Come on, Chandler.
>> How do we prep camp?
>> You know, I don't know. And so, we
immediately got to work, but we had to
be careful because above you is the most
dangerous tree on Earth. It contains
poisonous tree sap that could literally
kill you. Why are we still standing
here?
>> And meanwhile, Nolan and Mac were making
a fire pit.
>> I'd say it's a pretty good fire. Would
you say?
>> Well, it's not a fire yet. Well, I'd say
it's a pretty good fireplace.
>> And Sean started constructing the frame
for our shelter. Are you sure that's not
going to fall on us?
>> Yep.
>> Feel like Sean's like our survival dad.
It's been called worse.
>> And while gathering some more materials,
we came across some wildlife on the
island.
>> What does come across mean in this
context? They hunted and caught the
chickens. They found the chickens by
accident. They prepared a place for the
chickens to stay.
Oh, look at these chickens over here.
Hey, wait. Stop running away. And it
wasn't long until I found out why the
chickens were afraid of us.
>> Hey, what are we doing over here?
>> Ah,
>> wait. What is that?
>> Oh, it's a knife.
>> Were you going to try to kill one of
those chickens?
>> Please let me eat a chicken.
>> We don't kill chickens.
>> Jimmy, what did you eat for dinner
before you got here?
>> Don't ask. We spent the rest of day one
preparing our camp, which was pretty
simple. I'm going to show you guys
around the camp. This is the fire and
where we're going to make food. Come
over here.
And this is where we sleep. That
concludes the tour. We pulled over our
survival crate, which contains food,
water, and most importantly, a flare in
case someone gets hurt. And by the time
the sun went down, we had everything
figured out except one thing.
Wait, hold up. Isn't sunscreen
flammable?
It's the end of day one and I'm already
starting to get a little sunburn.
>> I'm hoping to get some good sleep
tonight.
>> And I hope it doesn't rain.
>> Tomorrow we need to build a bigger
shelter. And by we, I mean dad over
there is going to build a bigger
shelter.
>> I got Oh.
>> Oh.
>> Oh.
>> Jimmy, you're like mom. Sean's dad.
>> I'm just going to go to bed. I'll see
you on day two.
>> During the first night of sleep, we
tossed and turned a lot. And by we, I
mean me. So, it was a good thing we were
fixing this the next day.
But unexpectedly, around the corner was
something we've been fearing this entire
challenge.
>> You feel that,
>> guys? Bad news. There's a ton of water
on the top of our shelter. I just don't
know if that's going to be safe for us
to be under it.
>> Despite our efforts from earlier to make
the shelter better, water was beginning
to pull up on our roof from the storm.
>> All this water on top of this, is there
a world that could bring our structure
down? And even though all we wanted at
this point was a night of sleep, we had
to get up and deal with it.
>> Oh my god, we are absolutely screwed.
I'm just getting destroyed and pummeled
by rain all night. And after 2 hours of
rain, a damaged shelter, and soaking wet
beds. There was no chance any of us were
going to sleep that night. Raining on
you at night. The worst experience you
can have on these. I'm so tired.
Hopefully it just passes over. And even
though this was an all-time low, our
only option was to wait this thing out.
>> What does wait it out mean here? To fix
the problem immediately before it gets
worse. To go out of the shelter and find
a better place to stay. To endure the
situation until it ends.
I'm not going to lie, the rain last
night was pretty brutal. I don't know if
I've ever been that cold uh ever.
>> What do you want to do today, Nolan?
>> I don't know.
>> Absolutely nothing. I just can't wait to
get out of here.
>> So, in an effort to turn things around,
we treated ourselves to canned cobbler
for breakfast.
>> Pretty good.
>> How about can
>> And with the help of this unorthodox
breakfast.
>> What does unorthodox mean? Expensive and
hard to find. Different from what's
normally done? Something that tastes
great and everyone loves it.
We were beginning to return back to
normal and it became clear how exactly
we were going to survive day six
>> by having fun with each other. It's
awesome.
>> And I began to realize
>> even though we've all done a lot of
suffering.
>> Why did we pick the heaviest seat in
existence?
>> This whole trip has been filled with a
lot of fun.
>> Cheers, boys.
>> And adventure. We did it.
>> Moments like these are hard to find. And
when I look back on this challenge, we
probably won't remember the bad times as
much as we will the good.
It's kind of cool. Hi, guys. Great job.
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>> DO SOMETHING. DON'T JUST STAND THERE. I
NEED YOU TO INTERVENE.
>> YOU WANT ME to intervene?
>> Okay, I'm intervening. I'M INTERVENING.
>> LET GO OF your brother.
>> Get the door.
>> Hey, Lucious.
>> Hey, Speedo. Hey, Helen. Bye, Jack.
Jack.
>> Nice of you to drop by.
>> Never heard that one before.
>> Whoa.
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