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