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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Everything okay?

No. I have to give a speech in front of the entire assembly.

Oh. Got a little stage fright?

Unfortunately so. Just thinking about it causes my bladder to misbehave.

Yeah, I've been there.

You have?

Sure. When I first started coaching,

I was real nervous to talk to the team.

You know, give a locker room speech.

Then one day, it dawned on me.

I'm not just talking to football players,

I'm talking to teenage football players.

Most of them aren't listening to a word I'm saying.

That's an interesting perspective.

I'll tell you something else.

You don't give yourself enough credit for how brave you are.

I don't? No.

Sheldon, you are ten years old, going to high school.

Everyone's older than you,

everyone's bigger than you,

but you keep at it. Day after day.

That's brave.

Any kid could do that could give a speech to the

United Nations if he had to.

What do you want?

Grab your stuff.

Your mama wants you home.

Yeah, well, when she wants me to come home,

she can call me.

Damn it. Veronica.

I'm in no mood.

What's going on?

I'm taking her home.

She's not going anywhere with you.

What'd you say?

Clint stop!

You mind putting down my kid?

He's just playing around.

This my mom's boyfriend, Clint.

Hello Clint, what can we do for ya?

I'm here to pick up Veronica.

Come on.

You want to go with this man?

No, sir.

You heard her. Thanks for stopping by.

You really want to mess with me?

Sure. Why not?

[punch]

What's going on out there?

You might wanna call the police.

Why? There's a bum sleeping on our front porch.

Now what?

Those people at NASA never responded to his science stuff.

Damn it.

I've had enough of this.

Sheldon! Get up.

What's the point?

We're going to Houston.

Really?

Yeah.

You and me are gonna give those space monkeys a little talking to.

I often found my father to be a strange and puzzling man,

but at that moment,

I never loved him more.

If you want to see Stephen Hawking,

we have to sit down right now.

It's too dangerous. I can't.

It's okay to be scared.

That's when you got to [muffled voice] Sir?

dig deep and be brave. [knocking]

What do you say?

No. I'm your terrified little boy.

Okay.

[knocking]

[woman speaking] Sir. Please. They're going to call security.

Just one. More second.

Mr. Spock.

He flies around all the time in that spaceship.

He's not afraid, is he?

I'm not Mr. Spock.

No, but. But I've seen you pretend to be him.

Can you do that right now?

You be Spock. I'll be Kirk.

Maybe.

Okay, Mr. Spock.

Your first order is to return to your seat.

Aye Captain.

[pilot speaking] Flight attendants prepare for takeoff.

[seatbelt buckles]

You okay, Mr. Spock?

Doing my best, sir.

[airplane take off sounds]

The Captain and Mr. Spock don't hold hands.

Sorry.

[thunder crashes]

Didn't pass.

Sheldon, I'm real sorry.

Can I tell you a secret?

Never understood how lightning works.

Didn't they teach you that in high school?

It probably did, but I got hit in the head a lot playing football.

Would you explain it to me?

Well, when positive and negative charges grow large enough,

a giant spark occurs in the cloud.

Well, that's pretty cool.

What causes the thunder?

It's a shock wave from particles heated to 10,000 degrees.

Interesting.

You want to know what's really interesting?

Aristotle thought that the sound of thunder

was due to a collision between two clouds.

He believed the clouds were expelling air

in the way a log on a fire crackles.

[Narrator] I didn't realize until years later that

my father was only asking questions about

lightning and thunder to cheer me up.

In fact, he would often pretend to be dumb

just to make me feel better.

[Georgie] Looks like rain.

[Narrator] My brother, on the other hand, didn't have to pretend.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
speech /spiːtʃ/ B1	noun - a formal talk or address delivered to an audience
assembly /əˈsɛmbli/ B2	noun - a group of people gathered together for a purpose
stage fright /steɪdʒ fraɪt/ B2	noun - a feeling of nervousness before performing in public
nervous /ˈnɜːrvəs/ B1	adjective - feeling anxious or uneasy
teenage /ˈtiːneɪdʒ/ B1	adjective - relating to the period of life between childhood and adulthood
perspective /pərˈspɛktɪv/ B2	noun - a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something
brave /breɪv/ B1	adjective - courageous; showing fearlessness
credit /ˈkrɛdɪt/ B2	noun - acknowledgment of someone's contribution or achievement
United Nations /juːˈnaɪtɪd ˈneɪʃənz/ B2	proper noun - an international organization of sovereign states
NASA /ˈnɑːsə/ B2	proper noun - the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
science /ˈsaɪəns/ B1	noun - the systematic study of the natural world
Houston /ˈhjuːstən/ A2	proper noun - a major city in Texas, USA
space /speɪs/ B1	noun - the physical universe beyond Earth’s atmosphere
thunder /ˈθʌndər/ B1	noun - the sound caused by lightning in the atmosphere
lightning /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ B1	noun - a sudden electrostatic discharge in the atmosphere
shock wave /ʃɑk weɪv/ B2	noun - a type of disturbance moving faster than the speed of sound
collision /kəˈlɪʒən/ B2	noun - an impact or crash between two objects
Aristotle /ˈærɪstɒtl/ C1	proper noun - ancient Greek philosopher (384–322 BC)
pretend /prɪˈtɛnd/ B1	verb - to act as if something is true when it is not

Key Grammar Structures

• I was real nervous to talk to the team.

  ➔ Past continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase 'was real nervous' uses the past continuous tense to describe an ongoing emotional state in the past.

• Then one day, it dawned on me.

  ➔ Past simple with intransitive phrasal verb

  ➔ The phrase 'it dawned on me' is an intransitive phrasal verb in the past simple tense, meaning a sudden realization.

• You don't give yourself enough credit for how brave you are.

  ➔ Present simple with negation

  ➔ The sentence uses the present simple tense with negation ('don't') to express a habitual lack of recognition.

• Everyone's older than you, everyone's bigger than you.

  ➔ Contraction with comparative adjectives

  ➔ The contractions 'Everyone's' and the use of comparative adjectives ('older', 'bigger') highlight differences in age and size.

• Can you do that right now?

  ➔ Modal verb for ability

  ➔ The modal verb 'Can' is used to ask about the ability to perform an action in the present.

• When positive and negative charges grow large enough, a giant spark occurs in the cloud.

  ➔ Subordinate clause with 'when'

  ➔ The subordinate clause 'When positive and negative charges grow large enough' introduces a condition for the main event.

• Aristotle thought that the sound of thunder was due to a collision between two clouds.

  ➔ Past tense with 'thought' and object clause

  ➔ The verb 'thought' is in the past tense, and the object clause 'that the sound of thunder was due...' provides the content of the thought.