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00:00Good afternoon, sir. Could we interest you in some chocolate?
00:05Chocolate? Did you say chocolate?
00:09Yes, sir. With or without nuts.
00:12Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!
00:23Aww, yeah! Are you ready to learn English with one of the most popular cartoons of all time?
00:29Well, in today's lesson, we're going under the sea with SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends,
00:34Patrick Starr, Sandy Cheeks, and Squidward.
00:37So we're going to be learning with three clips from three different episodes,
00:41which you might remember if you ever watched this classic series.
00:44So, let's dive in.
00:53Chocolate!
00:56No! No! Don't hurt us! No! Please don't hurt me!
01:02Finally! I've been trying to catch you boys all day!
01:07Now that I've got you right where I want you, I'd like to buy all your chocolate.
01:12Hey, so we're going to jump into learning with this clip that you've just watched,
01:21but I wanted to let you know that we're saving the most important everyday expressions like
01:26have mercy on me, spare me, and that I interest you in that we've just seen over on the RealLife English app.
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01:36And you can get the interactive transcript and vocabulary slash cards for free right now by clicking the link down in the description below from your phone.
01:44And I'll be telling you more about the app in just a little bit.
01:47So we just saw a funny clip where SpongeBob and Patrick are trying to sell chocolate.
01:51Good afternoon, sir. Could we interest you in some chocolate?
01:56This is a polite and friendly way to offer someone something.
01:59For example, imagine your street artist selling your handmade jewelry.
02:03When people walk by to have a closer look, instead of asking,
02:06are you interested in handmade jewelry?
02:08You could say, could I interest you in some of my handmade jewelry?
02:11See the difference?
02:13Instead of assuming they're already interested, you're gently offering and you might spark the curiosity
02:18by telling them about the natural materials you used, your unique techniques, and so on.
02:23Now in this clip, there was some really nice pronunciation and connected speech,
02:27which is how we natives cut, reduce, and link our words together.
02:32First off, let's look at how they said the word chocolate.
02:35Good afternoon, sir. Could we interest you in some chocolate?
02:40You can pronounce this word two ways.
02:42With three syllables, like SpongeBob says, chocolate.
02:45Or with just two syllables, which is common in everyday fast speech, chocolate.
02:50This is actually true of both British and American English,
02:53as is portrayed in the hilarious English comedy show, Little Burton.
02:57Chocolate.
02:58Yeah, we sort of had chocolate.
03:00Chocolate biscuits.
03:02Yeah, they're sort of covered in chocolate.
03:04Yeah, that's why he likes them.
03:07Next, try to catch some of the connected speech in this next phrase.
03:10Chocolate? Did you say chocolate?
03:14Could you notice how he pronounced did you?
03:17In English, when a word ends with a D sound, and the next word starts with a Y sound,
03:22they often blend together to make a J sound.
03:25So instead of did you, it sounds like did you.
03:28Practice your speaking by trying to repeat.
03:31Did you say chocolate?
03:33Did you say chocolate?
03:35Awesome, so let's keep going and try to find some more cool expressions in this clip.
03:48Chocolate!
03:50No! No! Don't hurt us! No! Please don't hurt me! Please!
03:54You know, it's not so easy to catch everything here because they are talking over each other,
03:59and the scene is very fast and chaotic.
04:02But let's slow it down and focus on two important phrases Patrick says.
04:14This is a dramatic way of begging someone for kindness when you are afraid they might hurt you.
04:19Mercy means kindness or forgiveness when someone has the power to harm you.
04:24You probably won't use this phrase much in daily conversation unless you're joking,
04:27like when you're losing badly in a game.
04:30But let's have a look at this classic scene from The Lion King.
04:33Murderer.
04:35Simba, Simba, please. Please have mercy, I beg you.
04:38You don't deserve to live.
04:40What?
04:42Chocolate!
04:44No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! Please don't hurt me!
04:48Patrick continues his begging here.
04:50To spare someone means not to hurt them or take their life.
04:54Spare me is sometimes used less dramatically in casual conversation.
04:59Often when you want someone to stop messing with you.
05:01Or when someone is making excuses and you do not care about them.
05:04Check out these two examples from The Simpsons where this word is used in different meanings.
05:08To spare meaning to save someone's life.
05:10And then to stop messing with someone.
05:12Homer, did you barricade the door?
05:14Why?
05:15Oh, there's zombies. No.
05:17Spare my family. Take me. Take me.
05:23It's all of us, Homer. She's embarrassed by all of us.
05:27No, not at all.
05:29You said I was a chemist. I'm not a chemist.
05:32But you are a chemist. In the way that you deal with the household spills and the way-
05:37Oh, spare me.
05:38Haha, yeah. So mastering connected speech is absolutely crucial if you want to understand
05:44fast speaking natives and to speak more naturally yourself.
05:48So let's check out another connected speech example here.
05:50Finally! I've been trying to catch you boys all day!
05:55Now that I've got you right where I want you, I'd like to buy all your chocolate.
06:00The common way to reduce the phrase trying to is trying to. Trying to catch you.
06:06Let's listen again and repeat.
06:08I've been trying to catch you boys all day! I've been trying to catch you!
06:19Now that I've got you right where I want you!
06:23Remember we learned about how a D plus Y combination becomes a J sound?
06:27Well something similar happens when we have a T and Y together.
06:31But they morph into a CH sound.
06:33So instead of I want you, he says I want you.
06:36Listen and try to repeat.
06:38Now that I've got you right where I want you!
06:41Now that I've got you right where I want you!
06:46Now that I've got you right where I want you!
06:48Now in this next scene, Spongebob meets with his friend Sandy Cheeks,
06:56who's a squirrel who lives under water in a dome filled with air.
07:00Now she invites him for tea, but what Spongebob doesn't realize is that he can't survive outside of the water.
07:06As he dries out, he still tries to maintain his politeness.
07:09So let's watch and you can learn some everyday phrases for sounding more polite even under pressure.
07:21You know, you're the first sea critter to ever visit!
07:24I can't imagine why!
07:27Can I get you anything?
07:28Water would be nice!
07:31I'm gonna put these in a vase!
07:33Take your dice!
07:43I gotta get out of here!
07:50You know, you're the first sea critter to ever visit!
07:54Critter is an informal word referring to a wild animal.
07:57So a sea critter refers to any marine creature like a fish, a crab, or a sponge.
08:02I can't imagine why!
08:05Literally, this means I really don't know the reason.
08:08But Spongebob is saying it sarcastically.
08:10Of course there's a reason why no one visits Sandy.
08:13Sea creatures can't survive long outside of water.
08:16Real quick!
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08:21And I can't imagine why!
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08:35your favorite series, like Spongebob, so that you can reach your goal of understanding fast-speaking
08:39natives without getting lost, without missing the jokes, and without subtitles.
08:44Alright, let's learn a practical, polite expression you can use in your everyday speech.
08:48Can I get you anything?
08:49In the US, as in many other cultures, it's a nice gesture to offer your guests something to eat or drink.
08:55Even if you don't expect them to say yes, it shows hospitality and thoughtfulness.
09:00So, can I get you anything is a polite way to offer someone something.
09:04Spongebob's response with a conditional phrase, would be nice, also adds extra politeness and is a great one for you to keep in mind.
09:11For example, if you're at a friend's house and they offer you a slice of cake, you could respond, that would be lovely.
09:16Let's check out another example, and also pay attention to the polite way he turns down the offer.
09:21Can I get you anything?
09:23No, I'm almost done, thanks.
09:25You sure you don't want any lemonade?
09:27Um, good, thanks.
09:30I'm gonna put these in a vase.
09:32Take your time!
09:34A vase is a container like this, used for holding flowers.
09:38By the way, there are two ways you can pronounce this word.
09:41It's usually pronounced vase in American English and vase in British English.
09:46I'm gonna put these in a vase.
09:48Take your time!
09:51What do you think take your time means?
09:53Be as quick as possible?
09:55See how much time it takes you?
09:56Don't be in a hurry.
09:58Take your time is another polite phrase meaning don't rush or there's no hurry.
10:12It's often used to reassure someone that they can go at their own pace without feeling pressured or stressed.
10:19You might hear this phrase in many situations.
10:21A cashier might say it to a customer who's still looking for their wallet.
10:25A teacher could say it to a student who's struggling with an answer.
10:28Or a friend might say it when waiting for you to get ready.
10:31Now on the final phrase we hear from a panicky spongebob trying to escape the dry air,
10:36there is a ton of connected speech.
10:39Listen again.
10:40I'm gonna get out of here!
10:44First off, you might already know that natives usually smash got and two together into gotta.
10:50When we have a T between two vowel sounds, it becomes a flap T,
10:54which sounds like a soft D.
10:58For example, Americans call butter butter.
11:01So got to sounds like gotta.
11:04As natives often do, Spongebob dropped the auxiliary verb have.
11:08So we just hear I gotta.
11:10Then we have two more flap Ts.
11:12Get out of morphs into get out of.
11:15So altogether it sounds like I gotta get out of here.
11:18Now repeat after Spongebob.
11:22I gotta get out of here!
11:24I gotta get out of here!
11:26Hey, I just heard this funny story about the guy who created Notion.
11:38You know, the popular productivity app that everyone uses?
11:41Well, Ivan Zhao is originally from China, but get this.
11:45He actually learned English with Spongebob.
11:49Isn't that awesome?
11:50Another story I heard is that you learned English by watching Spongebob Squarepants.
11:55Is that real?
11:56Yeah, it's real.
11:57I moved to Canada pretty late, 16 years or so.
12:01And what I learned is, yeah, in China you can learn English, but it's typically just grammar and doing exams.
12:09What you're missing is the context, the culture.
12:12So you have to watch Spongebob or Simpsons to get a sense of humor, essentially.
12:16I love how he mentioned that cartoons like Spongebob and Simpsons were actually his secret weapon for understanding the jokes.
12:23Now, if you're nodding your head and you're thinking, yeah, that's totally me as well.
12:28I miss like half the jokes.
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12:56Seriously, the expressions like have mercy on me, critter, and I can't imagine why will stick in your brain like superglue.
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13:33And now let's get ready to laugh with an art class taught by Squidward.
13:37It's beautiful.
13:38Uh, I mean, uh, this isn't a sculpture.
13:44A good sculpture takes more time.
13:57You can't just sculpt willy-nilly.
13:58You gotta go by the book.
13:59Follow the rules.
14:00Otherwise, you'll never get past amateur hour here.
14:02Besides, you got the nose wrong.
14:04There.
14:05Now it's art.
14:07All right let's break down the vocabulary.
14:08More time! You can't just sculpt willy-nilly! You gotta go by the book! Follow the rules!
14:15Otherwise, you'll never get past amateur hour here. Besides, you got the nose wrong.
14:23There! Now, it's art!
14:31All right, let's break down the vocabulary. Now, pay close attention to my explanations.
14:35All right, SpongeBob. Pay close attention. Look at your marble. Visualize the sculpture within.
14:44Then, gently.
14:47To pay close attention means to listen or watch very carefully. It's something a teacher might
14:52tell his students before explaining something important, just like I did a moment ago.
14:56Then, this hard stone we see here is marble. It's often used for sculptures, statues, and also
15:03kitchen countertops. By the way, famous sculptures, like Michelangelo's David, were made for marble.
15:08Look at your marble. Visualize the sculpture within!
15:14When you visualize something, you might imagine it in your mind. So, Squidward is saying here that
15:19SpongeBob should look at this piece of marble and imagine what type of sculpture he can create.
15:24Don't worry about your friends. Don't worry about Lucy. Focus on what you need to do.
15:30Visualize your success. Your success.
15:33Look at your marble. Visualize the sculpture within. Then, gently.
15:42A sculpture is a piece of art made by shaping or carving materials like stone or clay into something
15:47beautiful. And the verb to sculpt describes the action of creating a sculpture. For example,
15:52Michelangelo sculpted the famous statue of David from marble. The word gently means doing something
15:58carefully, softly, and without force. It comes from the word gentle, which means kind or mild.
16:05You might hear gently in everyday situations too. Close the door gently. Don't slam it.
16:10Wash the shirt gently. Be careful not to damage it. And of course, you can speak to someone gently.
16:16Check out this example from the Beauty and the Beast.
16:18Please attempt to be a gentleman. But she is being so difficult.
16:25Gently, gently. Will you come down to dinner?
16:31No. Suave, genteel. It would give me great pleasure if you would join me for dinner.
16:42Then Spongebob excitedly shows his work and asks.
16:48How's this is a simple way to ask for feedback. You can use it anytime you want someone's opinion
16:54on something you're doing or making. Imagine you're preparing a presentation for an important meeting.
17:00After creating your slides, you show them to a coworker and ask, how's this? Hoping they'll give you
17:04feedback before you present it to your boss or team.
17:07Uh, I mean, uh, this isn't a sculpture. A good sculpture takes more time. You can't just sculpt
17:16willy-nilly. You gotta go buy the book.
17:19Willy-nilly means doing something without a plan or carelessly.
17:23I'm friends with her.
17:24Really? Well then perhaps you can tell me why for centuries only a male heir can be crowned. But now
17:30this? I mean, this kingdom has rules and to change them willy-nilly.
17:34Herman, you're leaning out the window again. Stop tempting fate.
17:38You can't just sculpt willy-nilly. You gotta go buy the book.
17:42Now, the opposite of doing something willy-nilly is to go by the book,
17:46which means to follow the rules exactly and not improvise.
17:49That-that talent of yours is against regulations. In this department, we go by the book.
17:56Follow the rules, otherwise you'll never get past amateur hour here.
18:01So, an amateur is someone who does something because they love it, not because it's their job.
18:06They might not be a total expert yet, but they're passionate and learning as they go.
18:10Now, have you ever heard the expression amateur hour? Amateur hour is a slang expression used when
18:16something feels unprofessional or low quality, like it's being handled by beginners rather than
18:21by experienced people. Check out this funny example from the Goldbergs.
18:25David Sirota isn't funny. He's ridiculous. Oh, he's dancing in the halls and talking trash at gym.
18:30And this bit with Mr. Woodburn? Amateur hour? Everyone knows making poots is cheap.
18:37Ah, yeah. Great job, guys. Now it's time for your test. So we're going to watch those three
18:43hilariously nostalgic clips again without subtitles. And to up the Annie, which means to add an extra
18:50challenge for you, we're going to give you some quiz questions. Let's do this.
19:00Good afternoon, sir. Could we interest you in some chocolate?
19:04Chocolate? Did you say chocolate?
19:08Yes, sir. With or without nuts? Chocolate? Chocolate? Chocolate? Chocolate?
19:27What could you say if you're asking someone not to harm you? Have mercy. Don't hurt me. Spare me.
19:38I can't imagine why.
19:44You know, you're the first sea critter to ever visit!
19:48I can't imagine why!
19:51When Spongebob says, I can't imagine why, what does he really mean?
19:56I can't imagine why.
19:57I can imagine why.
20:06what does it mean to take your time be as quick as possible see much time it
20:33takes you don't be in a hurry all right Spongebob pay close attention look at your model visualize
20:51the sculpture within then gently find the synonym for the word visualize ignore imagine identify
21:05it's beautiful I mean this isn't a sculpture a good sculpture takes more time you can't just
21:31sculpt willy-nilly you gotta go buy the book can you explain a willy-nilly in your own words
21:37follow the rules otherwise you'll never get past amateur hour here besides you got the nose wrong
21:59there now it's art which of the following phrases is closest in meaning to amateur hour
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