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come on punch monkeys 00:00
let's get this 00:03
it's not just punch monkeys it's it's 00:12
kick monkeys 00:15
headbutt monkeys low blow monkeys bite 00:16
monkeys 00:18
appetite monkeys shoulders to punch 00:19
tails that crunch to raise stranglers 00:21
strange danglers thanks anglers mouth 00:24
breathers great squeezers 00:26
and a dude with weird eyes 00:28
hmm they seem to have some kind of 00:50
primitive language 00:53
oh but you can't speak it huh smarty 00:55
pants well no 00:57
but i'm sure after a few months in 00:58
captivity i can talk to them 01:00
i'm fluent in punch monkey you are 01:02
impossible 01:05
oh i really don't want to do this it's 01:05
not a pretty language 01:07
pardon me i'd like to ask 01:11
i see so what's he saying they're angry 01:19
because phil broke the terms of their 01:23
contract ludicrous we had no formal 01:25
agreement you chiselers 01:28
also they want their bananas yeah 01:30
bananas are delicious 01:32
why is that our problem and one more 01:34
question 01:38
many moons ago our world was a paradise 01:43
oh 01:45
dude this is gonna be a long story it 01:46
was a time 01:48
of much joy the water flowed freely 01:49
the bananas grew in bunches we had art 01:53
politics economics 01:57
but most of all bananas so 02:00
many bananas then at full moon 02:03
the monster came for its bananas yep 02:07
good times wait um go back yeah did he 02:10
say monster 02:13
we are not going back as i was saying 02:14
good times 02:17
but then for some strange reason the 02:18
water went away 02:21
after that the bananas went away too but 02:23
the monster didn't go away 02:26
no it came back for its bananas 02:27
there were no bananas 02:31
[Applause] 02:36
in summary they really need those 02:40
bananas 02:42
monsters bananas i'll tell you what 02:43
their problem 02:46
is their water supply is dried up tell 02:47
them this word for word guy 02:50
i phil betterman single-handedly turned 02:51
a desert into an oasis by diverting 02:54
water from a high mountain source 02:56
much like that one wait guy don't 02:59
translate that 03:02
too late 03:06
it was all him he stole your water ate 03:10
your bananas and ruined your society 03:12
that's that i will not be pelted 03:16
now impertinent apes meet the full 03:20
force of my intellect look upon 03:23
betterment the tool maker 03:26
and despair jeff 03:28
way to go phil 03:42

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punch

/pʌntʃ/

A1
  • verb
  • - to strike with the fist

kick

/kɪk/

A1
  • verb
  • - to strike with the foot

headbutt

/ˈhɛdˌbʌt/

B1
  • verb
  • - to strike with the head

stranglers

/ˈstræŋɡlərz/

B1
  • noun
  • - those who strangle or choke

captivity

/kəˈpativəti/

B2
  • noun
  • - the state of being imprisoned or confined

fluent

/ˈfluənt/

B1
  • adjective
  • - able to speak or write smoothly and confidently

ludicrous

/ˈluːdərəs/

B2
  • adjective
  • - ridiculous or laughable

contract

/ˈkɒntrækt/

B1
  • noun
  • - a formal agreement

paradise

/ˈpærədaɪs/

A2
  • noun
  • - a place of great beauty or happiness

economics

/ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks/

B2
  • noun
  • - the study of how money and resources are used

monster

/ˈmɒnstər/

A1
  • noun
  • - a large, ugly, and frightening creature

oasis

/oʊˈeɪsɪs/

B1
  • noun
  • - a fertile spot in a desert where water is found

diverting

/daɪˈvɜːrtɪŋ/

B2
  • verb
  • - to change the course or direction of something

intellect

/ˈɪntəlɛkt/

B2
  • noun
  • - the ability to think and reason

despair

/dɪˈspɛər/

B1
  • noun
  • - the complete loss of hope

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