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today we're learning English with a
princess diaries a shy awkward teenager
who feels invisible at her High School
in San
Francisco oops I'm sorry I didn't see
you um I was
thinking suddenly finds out that her
father is the next king of Genovia a
small European Kingdom her life takes a
dramatic turn and since needs to become
a princess there are some certain rules
she has to follow in the clip we brought
for you today her grandmother the queen
is helping Mia with a royal makeover and
teaching her some princess manners Mia
isn't used to those fancy rules so
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subtitles and answering a few questions
so please welcome princess
Mia Amelia Circle slowly so I can
evaluate the work to be done
Amelia does your bad posture affect your
hearing well Carriage obviously
hairstyle
complexion
stop eyes
lovely but hidden beneath Bushman
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eyebrows the neck is seamly and you will
wear stockings not tights not socks and
I never want to see those shoes again
again when walking in a crowd one is
under scrutiny all the
time so we don't slump like this we drop
the shoulders we think
tall we tuck under and we transfer the
weight from one foot to why don't you
just tuck one ankle behind the other and
place the hands gracefully on the
knees as a mother to a daughter this
scene worries me a little bit as it may
be misleading for young girls so-called
beauty standards and being judged by
their looks can make girls doubt
themselves and feel pressured to change
to fit in instead I hope you take away a
lesson in valuing individuality for
instance when Clarice says Mia's eyes
are lovely eyes lovely
it's a reminder that certain qualities
are worth celebrating everyone has a
unique quality to carry with pride as we
see later in the movie now before we
dive into today's lesson and learn some
really great English Expressions I
thought you might enjoy hearing an
Hathaway's reflection on the film
looking back over her acting career this
was the film that changed my life like
it's so weird to watch it I haven't seen
this movie in maybe 20 years and
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I it's a it's a little I'm a little bit
speechless with this one this is it's
actually it's um it's very emotional to
see it she says she's speechless because
the movie proved to be so important in
her career that she finds herself
overwhelmed with emotion so it's hard to
find words to express yourself we will
return to an Hathaway but now let's
learn English with Mia and her
grandmother the queen Amelia Circle
slowly so I can evaluate the work to be
done Amelia does your bad posture affect
your hearing turn oh sorry no no no
slowly turn slowly you I already used
the word to judge earlier and evaluate
would be a more formal word to say that
you want to judge or assess someone's
looks Behavior performance or a
situation in general hold up you
evaluating us think about it how a
baseball team get better they evaluate
performance this is just an informal yet
permanent record of who's contributing
one yeah why don't we evaluate you
evaluate me yeah yeah you know what I
already
did Amelia does your bad posture affect
your hearing turn oh sorry no no no
slowly turn slowly you well Carriage
obviously posture is how you hold your
body and like body language it can say a
lot about a person whether you're
confident shy or afraid of something in
this scene the word carriage is used as
a more formal somewhat old-fashioned
word to refer to me as posture Carriage
is related to the word carry and the
phrase to carry yourself is still in use
in Modern English and it means how you
present yourself in terms of confidence
and elegance it's an attitude Greg it's
a confidence it's the way you carry
yourself that lets the world know that
the buck stops with
you
hairstyle
complexion stop when you want to talk
about someone's skin tone or Texture you
will use the word complexion the word
complexion is often collocated with
adjectives like clear Fair dark healthy
or glowing when referring to skin check
out these examples any more information
I should know yes but not about this
we're doctors uh we like to give out
health tips you should wear sunscreen
even with your dark complexion nice save
mhm more concealing cream your
complexion is so
fair now this has a touch of lavender in
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now eyes
lovely but hidden beneath Bushman
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eyebrows the neck is seamly is
like her father her comment about Mia's
eyebrows was not nice at all and not
politically correct so I would suggest
that you avoid any comments like that
but let me explain what she means here
this is the bush people also known as
the S people the indigenous hunter
gatherers traditionally living in
southern Africa when the queen says Mia
has Bushman eyebrows she means they are
very thick in everyday English we
usually describe thick eyebrows as Bush
Bush which comes from the word Bush
bushes are plants usually shorter than
trees and often have a rounded thick
appearance bushie can also describe
thick messy hair or beard what's that
sir a great big bushy beard come on
let's have a mosy
around the neck is seamly
is like her father seemly is an uncommon
word meaning a appropriate or proper so
she says Mia's neck is appropriate or
presentable looking neat who has nails
like these everybody well tomorrow I
would like to see clean fingers and you
will wear stockings not tights not socks
and I never want to see those shoes
again these are
stockings tights and socks sometimes
it's really hard to differentiate
between socks and stockings right so
just look at them again and try to
remember interesting fact stockings were
first used in medieval times when leg
coverings were essential for both warmth
and modesty and they were worn by men
and women and this is a Christmas
stocking they can hold more candies and
presents than socks so maybe it helps
you remember the difference and I never
want to see those shoes again let's
break down the connected speech in this
phrase and I I never want to see those
shoes again what happens here is we drop
the D sound from and and Link three
words together and I never and I never
want to see has awah sound want to want
to see and it can even be reduced to
want to see want to see listen to this
part again those shoes again those shoes
again you can't hear the the sound from
those because it merges into the Sho
sound from shoes those shoes those shoes
again the words shoes and again are
linked together with a schw sound from
again again shoes again shoes again now
listen again and repeat the whole
phrase and I never want to see those
shoes again and I never want to see
those shoes again and I never want see
those shoes
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again when walking in a crowd one is
under scrutiny all the
time so we don't schlump like this under
scrutiny means that someone's actions
are being watched very closely often to
check if they're doing things right or
if there are any mistakes it's like
having a spotlight on you where people
are paying extra attention to what you
do it is a Wonder then that feet do not
Tire or heaven forbid trip under the
scrutiny of all those attentive eyes
keeping close watch
indeed so we don't schlump like
this the word schlump refers to a poor
posture it originates from Yiddish and
is used primarily in American English
especially in casual or humorous
settings a more common word would be
slump it means to sit lean or fall
heavily often due to tiredness laziness
or discouragement so imagine you've had
a very long day and you slump into your
chair too tired to even take off your
shoes you passed out over his arm and
slumped onto the floor to the Bone show
we tuck under and we transfer the weight
from one foot
to no princesses never cross their legs
in public why don't you just tuck one
ankle behind the other and place the
hands gracefully on the knees tuck under
means to pull or position something
close to the body often to create a neat
compact shape it's straightening your
posture she then teaches Mia not to
cross her legs but to tuck one ankle
behind the other here tuck suggests
making a small movement to keep the legs
together in a graceful way you can often
hear the phrase tuck in your shirt
meaning to neatly place the bottom of
your shirt inside your pants or skirt so
it looks tidy and doesn't hang Loosely
like here in this example oh thank you
well I don't tuck in that much see golf
makes me tuck in you could tuck I'm
rarely tucked in no princesses never
cross their legs in public why don't you
just tuck one ankle behind the other and
place the hands gracefully on the
knees the word gracefully relates to
Elegance it's commonly used with verbs
that reflect movement Behavior or
response for example move gracefully
speak gracefully and you can picture a
pair of swans swimming gracefully on the
lake and finally there's some gram
structure I wanted to comment on the
queen says why don't you tuck one ankle
behind the other that sounds different
from her more direct instructions like
we don't schlump like this or princesses
never cross their legs if you want to
give instruction or advice while
sounding friendly and polite start your
sentence with this phrase why don't you
and if it is a suggestion rather than a
question we don't always need a question
mark at the end why don't you just tuck
one ankle behind the other you can also
practice the connected speech with this
phrase the combination of the letters t
plus y gives us a CH sound why don't you
why don't you listen and
repeat why don't you just talk why don't
you just
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talk in this next scene you'll see a
humorous makeover session where Paulo
The Stylist is helping Mia to get ready
for State dinner
let the work begin ah of course where is
the beautiful girl my granddaughter
Amilia she is gorgeous let us take a
closer look buzy busy dizzy in the best
sense oh he's all
right do you wear contact lens well I
have them but I don't really like to
wear them that much now you
do I love your eyebrows we'll call them
Freda and
col you want to know a big secret tell
me the Cucumber does
nothing this is something we make
up Majesty a princess
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she is gorgeous let us take a closer
look Paulo we have a limited number of
days before the state dinner Rizzy busy
dizzy in the best sense so Pao is
Italian you can hear he uses the wrong
pronunciation of the word gorgeous you
may want to repeat after me
gorgeous gorgeous means very beautiful
and attractive free busy dizzy it may
sound like gibberish a random set of
words but actually it's a playful
rhyming phrase used by Paulo to describe
Mia's Untamed hair Untamed means wild
uncontrolled or not managed it often
describes something natural or rough
that hasn't been shaped groomed or
organized so let's break down these
words one by one freezy when said about
hair it means wild Cur or
Untamed I need you what should we do
about my hair that lady called it frizzy
your hair is Flawless byy normally means
having a lot to do but here it likely
refers to her hair being messy or full
of texture as if there is a lot going on
and finally DIY describes feeling a
light-headed that sensation of spinning
around and losing one's balance but here
it humorously suggests her hair is
chaotic or out of
control do you wear contact lens well I
have them but I don't really like to
wear them that much now you
do you broke my glasses you broke my
brush you see Mia wearing glasses when
you have poor eyesight an alternative to
wearing glasses could be wearing contact
lenses transparent plastic lenses worn
on the surface of the eye
I love your eyebrows we'll call them
Freda and Kal Paulo humorously names
Mia's eyebrows Freda and Koo referencing
Freda koo's iconic look Freda Koo was a
Mexican painter known for her deeply
personal and surreal
self-portraits now I promised you to
come back to an Hathaway here's how she
commented on this part of the clip
so he really had to break the brush in
this they pre- broke the brush and it
was supposed to break kind of easily but
it didn't quite happen so that's me and
Larry I'm kind of improving trying to
get it to go and I don't remember if the
ow was real or if I was just buying him
some
time to buy some time means to create a
delay to give some extra time somebody
needs for something like in this case
they had to improvise to save the scene
and actually break the
brush you want to know what biggest
secret tell me the Cucumber does
nothing this is something we make up
makeup means to create or invent
something especially story or an idea
that didn't happen or isn't
true Majesty Paulo is exhausted because
Majesty only Paulo can take this and
this and give you a
princess when you are exhausted you're
extremely tired or worn out with no
energy left do you remember the word you
can used to describe collapsing onto the
couch when you are completely exhausted
let's find out because now it's time for
a
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test Amelia Circle slowly so I can
evaluate the work to be
done Amelia does your bad posture affect
your hearing
turn oh sorry no no no slowly turn
slowly thank you what is a
posture the way you hold your body how
fast you move your tone of voice your
energy
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level well Carriage obviously
hairstyle complexion
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stop eyes
lovely but hidden beneath Bushman
eyebrows what would be the opposite of
bushy eyebrows thin eyebrows sparse
eyebrows thick eyebrows bushy eyebrows
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the neck is seamly
is like her
father really they are oh my who has
nails like these everybody well tomorrow
I would like to see clean fingers and
you will wear stockings not tights not
socks and I never want to see those
shoes again when walking in a crowd one
is under scrutiny all the time
what does it mean to be under
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scrutiny to be under scrutiny means
being closely watched or examined often
to check for mistakes or
problems let the work begin ah of course
where is the beautiful girl my
granddaughter
Amelia she is gorgeous let us take a
closer look Paulo we have a limited
number of days before the state dinner
what does gorgeous mean very beautiful
or
attractive graceful like a swan calm and
peaceful very
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unattractive you want to know a biggest
secret tell me the Cucumber does
nothing this is something we make
up in this context what does the phrasal
verb makeup mean use
Cosmetics use it for
eating invent something
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should hope
so I suppose it would be nonsensical for
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considering everything she's written
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