M: Hello English learners! Welcome back to EnglishPod! My name is Marco. E: And I’m Erica. M: And today we’re going back to the movies. E: That’s right, we’ve got a great lesson today and I’m really excited about this dialogue. I think it’s fantastic. M: Hehe. We have an original EnglishPod production of a movie trailer. E: So, what is a movie trailer? M: Well, whenever you go to the cinema… E: Uhu. M: Um, before the movie starts you have previews of upcoming movies. E: So, like almost an advertisement for a future movie. M: Exactly. E: Okay. M: So, that’s a movie trailer and that’s what we’re bringing you today. E: A lot of great language you’ll commonly hear in action movies. M: Right, so, let’s start with “vocabulary preview”. Voice: Vocabulary preview. E: We have one word today – possess. M: Possess. E: Possess. M: Possess. E: So, when you possess something, you… M: Have it. E: Aha. M: It’s in your possession. You… E: Simple. M: You have it, right? E: Yep. M: So, in this dialogue our actors possess something very important. E: Uhu. M: So, let’s listen to the dialogue for the first time and it’s going to be a little bit fast and a little bit difficult to understand. E: But don’t worry, we’ll come back and explain all of the key language later. A: In a digital world, even the strongest must fight for survival. Two people, possess a secret so valu- able, so powerful, they have to defend it at all costs. B: I don’t care where they are, I don’t care what it takes... you find them and bring them to me! A: They only had one chance! And their chance was to fight back! D: You wanna play rough? Okay, say hello to my little friend! A: With a little help from a Governor... C: Listen to me! We have to get them outta there! No matter what! A: Nothing will prevent them from doing their job! Double the action. D: Get down! A: Triple the excitement. D: Get down again! A: This summer... nothing will stand in their way. B: I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse. A: Two hosts, one podcast, coming to a theater near you. M: Wow, so, it sounds like a really good movie. E: I know. When is it coming out? M: Uh, I think in two thousand fifteen (2015). E: Okay, I’ll put that in my calendar. M: Hehe. Okay, let’s take a look at the vocabulary we saw in this dialogue in language takeaway. Voice: Language takeaway. M: In language takeaway today we have three words. What’s our first one? E: Survival. M: Survival. E: Survival. M: Survival. E: Well, survival is continuing to live even in really hard times. M: It comes from the verb to survive. E: Aha. M: Right? So, survival is the noun form. E: Right, so… so maybe you are lost in… in… M: The jungle. E: The jungle and you have to fight for survival. M: Right, you have to try to survive. E: Aha. M: Okay, our next word – defend. E: Defend. M: Defend. E: Defend. M: So, let’s listen to some examples of defend, so you can understand the meaning. Voice: Example one. A: We have to defend the castle. The army is trying to kill the king! Voice: Example two. B: The soldiers defended the base in the difficult battle. Voice: Example three. C: These new machine guns will defend us. M: So, basically, it’s to protect, right? E: Right, to protect from something that is really harmful. M: Okay, so, you would defend your children. E: Aha. M: You would defend your… E: Your house. M: Your house. E: Or your castle. M: Your dog, your cat. E: Yeah. M: Okay. And our last word on language takeaway – rough. E: Rough. M: Rough. E: R-O-U-G-H. Rough. M: Right, it’s got that “ugh”… E: Yep. M: Sound. E: Aha. M: So, it basically means… so when something is rough, it’s a little bit violent… E: And hard… M: Hard. E: Yeah. M: For example, boxing is a rough sport. E: Or hockey is also a rough sport. M: Exactly, so, you have rough sports or maybe even a person can be a little bit rough. E: Yes. Or that person can play rough. M: Play rough, exactly. E: Uhu. M: So, rough. Okay, so, we’re ready to listen to our dialogue again. E: And this time it’ll be a little bit slower, so, you can understand the language a little bit more clearly. A: In a digital world, even the strongest must fight for survival. Two people, possess a secret so valu- able, so powerful, they have to defend it at all costs. B: I don’t care where they are, I don’t care what it takes... you find them and bring them to me! A: They only had one chance! And their chance was to fight back! D: You wanna play rough? Okay, say hello to my little friend! A: With a little help from a Governor... C: Listen to me! We have to get them outta there! No matter what! A: Nothing will prevent them from doing their job! Double the action. D: Get down! A: Triple the excitement. D: Get down again! A: This summer... nothing will stand in their way. B: I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse. A: Two hosts, one podcast, coming to a theater near you. M: So, we saw some interesting phrases in this dialogue. Let’s take a look at them in “fluency builder”. Voice: Fluency builder. M: The first phrase that we saw – at all costs. E: At all costs. M: At all costs. E: At all costs. M: So, let’s listen to some examples before we explain “at all costs”. Voice: Example one. A: I’ll protect my kids at all costs. Voice: Example two. B: We have to get this project done at all costs. Voice: Example three. C: You find those criminals at all costs. E: Well, if you’re going to protect your kids at all costs, you’re going to protect them even if it’s a really hard. M: Right, it doesn’t matter how hard it is or what you have to do. E: Exactly. M: You’ll do it. E: Uhu. M: At all costs. Now we have, um… now let’s take a look at our second phrase for fluency builder and it’s very similar to at all costs. E: Yeah, really similar. M: No matter what. E: No matter what. M: No matter what. E: No matter what. M: For example, I’m going to go on vacation no matter what my boss says. E: Nothing’s gonna stop you. M: Right, if he says no, I’m still going on my vacation. E: And I’m gonna protect my kids no matter what. M: Exactly, no matter what. E: I don’t have kids, though. M: Hehe. But you will protect them no matter what. E: If I had them. M: Hehe. Okay. Uh, and our last phrase – stand in their way. E: Stand in their way. M: Stand in their way. E: Stand in their way. M: So, let’s listen to some examples of “stand in someone’s way”. E: Uhu. M: And then we’ll come back and explain it. Voice: Example one. A: Don’t let anything stand in the way of your goals. Voice: Example two. B: I’m going to find that guy and nothing is going to stand in my way. Voice: Example three. C: I don’t care what happens. I’m gonna get that money and you’d better not stand in my way. M: So, when something stands in your way, it’s… E: It’s preventing you from reaching your goal. M: From reaching your goal, right? Or we can also have somebody standing in your way physically. E: Like really you’re standing close to me and I can’t pass through the door. M: Right, right. E: Yeah. M: So, maybe that person is at the door and… is standing in my way. I can’t go in. E: Yeah. M: Okay. E: But here we’re not really talking about a real thing, right? That you can touch. M: Right, it’s more of some obstacle that’s preventing you from reaching you goals or from doing what you want to do. E: Yep. M: So, now we can listen to our dialogue again and now you can understand these words that we’ve just talked about. A: In a digital world, even the strongest must fight for survival. Two people, possess a secret so valu- able, so powerful, they have to defend it at all costs. B: I don’t care where they are, I don’t care what it takes... you find them and bring them to me! A: They only had one chance! And their chance was to fight back! D: You wanna play rough? Okay, say hello to my little friend! A: With a little help from a Governor... C: Listen to me! We have to get them outta there! No matter what! A: Nothing will prevent them from doing their job! Double the action. D: Get down! A: Triple the excitement. D: Get down again! A: This summer... nothing will stand in their way. B: I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse. A: Two hosts, one podcast, coming to a theater near you. E: I know that you’re a big movie fan, right? M: Yeah, I’m a big movie fan I usually watch maybe three or five movies a week. E: Really? M: Yeah-yeah. E: Wow! Many students of English like to watch movies as a way to improve their English. M: That’s one of the best ways to learn English… E: Uhu. M: As through songs and movies. E: What do you think of some useful movies that people can watch to practice English? M: Well, I would recommend children’s movies. E: Really? M: Yeah, they have simple vocabulary, but they have very common language. E: Uhu. M: And also what’s happening in the movie is very easy to understand and to follow. E: So. You can see the action and then hear the word. M: Exactly. E: Uhu. M: So, if you like to watch movies, rent a DVD or go buy a DVD, watch it in the original language… E: Yeah. M: With English subtitles. E: So, you should watch it in English. M: With English subtitles. E: Yeah, and what is subtitles? M: Subtitles are the words that you see at the bottom of the screen that translate… E: Okay. M: What the people are saying. E: Okay. M: Yeah, that’s the best thing to do. Try that exercise. If you have a pen and paper with you, it’s much better. You can pause the movie, write down the word you don’t understand and then maybe review it later. E: That’s a really good tip. I always tell my students that they should watch movies, listen to music, read the newspaper and write down at least five new words or phrases a week. M: Yeah, yeah. E: Yeah. M: It’s a really good exercising, you’ll improve a lot. E: Yes. So, everyone, we want you to go and watch a movie in English. Turn on the subtitles and write down some new vocabulary. M: Exactly. And if you have any comments or questions or maybe even suggestions, you can come to our website at englishpod.com and leave them in our community page. E: Yeah, Marco and I are always around to help you and we love to hear about what you’re learning and what movies you’re watching. M: Exactly. So, we’re out of time today. We’ll see you guys next time. Until then it’s… E: Good bye. M: Bye.