This is Elio Solis of the planet Earth.
I come in peace, and I'm super excited to join you.
I'm creative, hardworking, shredded.
So please come and get me.
I'll be waiting.
OK, bye.
Love you.
Yes, oh yeah.
Today we are learning english with disney pixar's elio.
Elio is a lonely, misunderstood child who longs to meet aliens and explore new worlds.
I love all things space and i hope you too.
I'm Xenia, your RealLife English Fluency Coach.
Let's go!
After sending the communication we just saw, his wish comes true.
In Elio's message, we heard him say, I come in peace.
This is Elio Solis of the planet Earth.
I come in peace.
You can hear this all the time in Alien movies.
It's a way to announce you are friendly and you have no violent intentions.
Like in this example from Toy Story.
I am Buzz Lightyear.
I come in peace.
In his message, Elio described himself as creative, hardworking, and shredded.
What do you think shredded means in this context?
Badly damaged?
Ready for adventure?
Or very lean and muscular?
Right, someone who is shredded might look like this.
Keep in mind, this is slang, and it's funny, because Elio is clearly exaggerating here.
He's a kid, not a bodybuilder.
In today's scene, after being abducted, Elio meets Glordon. and soon realizes he is Kindred Spirit.
That's someone who shares your personality and interests so you connect with them instantly.
So let's jump into that, but quickly.
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They don't speak English, but they're interacting through a translation device.
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Hi there.
Ugh.
I have to die.
I'm so young.
Whoa!
Translator disk?
Cool!
Are you gonna hit me?
What?
Ew!
I was just swaddling you because you seemed scared.
That's what my mom does when I get scared.
I'm rarely unswaddled.
You're just a little kid.
So?
Don't have to be rude about it.
No, no, no.
Hey, come back.
I wasn't making fun of you.
Uh, my name's Elio.
What's your name?
You really want to know my name?
Well, I really want to get down.
I'm Glordus.
No one's ever asked me my name before.
What?
Ew!
I was just swaddling you because you seemed scared.
To swaddle means to wrap someone, usually a baby, tightly in cloth or blankets to make them feel warm and safe.
For example, parents swaddle newborns like this.
Next, Elio called Glorden a little kid.
You're just a little kid, so don't have to be rude about it.
So here, little isn't referring to Gordon's size, after all, he's a bit bigger than Elio.
Little means young in this context.
For example, a mother might tell her child, you're still too little to watch that scary movie.
Now, here's an interesting pattern.
Be rude about it.
When you use be plus adjective plus about it, you're describing someone's attitude or behavior towards something.
Let's look at a few examples.
Don't be weird about it. means don't act strange regarding the situation.
Don't be dramatic about it means don't overreact.
And finally, you don't have to be mean about it means you could express that more nicely.
It might have been difficult to understand Glorden's response without subtitles because of connected speech.
That's how natives cut, reduce, and link their words and fluent speech.
Listen again to his response.
So, don't have to be rude about it.
Wow, he almost said that as if it were just a couple words.
First off, in words like can't, won't and don't we often do not pronounce the T. Can, won't, don't.
Next, we sometimes drop the H sound in words like have and to usually reduces to ta.
The two words link together and sound like after.
Don't have to.
The T in about is between two vowel sounds, so it becomes a tap T, which sounds like a soft D sound.
Rude about it.
Rude about it.
Let's put that all together.
Don't have to be rude about it.
Don't have to be rude about it.
Your speaking will only improve with lots of practice.
So listen to Gordon again and try to say that just like him.
So, don't have to be rude about it.
So, don't have to be rude about it.
Well, I really wanna get down.
To get down in this context means to get off of something or to be put down.
For example, we use this as a command for a dog if it gets up on a couch or a bed when it's not supposed to.
Check out this example.
I can't get down.
All right, now Glorden's gonna show Elio something really amazing.
I mean, I ask a lot of questions all the time.
No one ever asks me about questions about me though, like what my favorite color is.
It's purple, if you're asking.
Are you asking?
What's wrong with you?
That's just my carapace.
What?
I'll show you.
Ta-da!
Every Hylurgian gets one when they come of age.
It's got weapons and bombs and stuff.
Ooh, and a cup holder.
It's bespoke.
So if Hylurgians took off their armor, they'd look like you?
Yeah, but nobody would ever do that.
To expose your soft worm flesh will dishonor you and your whole family for all eternity.
I can't wait to get installed.
I'm gonna look so hot.
Let's start off analyzing another bit of connected speech from Glorden.
You will almost always encounter the article A pronounced as just a schwa sound a and it connects to ask aska.
We can hear another tap T that we saw earlier in a lot of, which sounds like lotta.
Let's put that all together.
I ask a lot of questions.
I ask a lot of questions.
Now you try it.
I mean, I ask a lot of questions all the time.
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We can hear a valuable expression for talking about teenagers in Glorden's next slide.
When someone comes of age, it means they reach adulthood or an important stage of maturity.
Different cultures mark this transition differently.
It might be at 18, 21, or through special ceremonies, sometimes called rites of passage.
For example, someone might feel they become an adult in the USA when they get their driver's license or graduate from high school.
Or how many Jewish teenagers have a bar or bat mitzvah at age 13 to recognize they are no longer children?
As Glorton mentions, for the Hilarians, getting their carapace is their coming-of-age moment.
Glorton says that their armor is bespoke.
It's got weapons and bombs and stuff.
Oh, and a cup holder it's bespoke.
What do you think he means by bespoke?
The armor is custom made, too big or very dangerous.
Right, bespoke is a sophisticated word that means something is made specifically for one person.
A bespoke suit, for instance, is made by a tailor who takes your measurements and creates something unique for you.
It's got weapons and bombs and stuff.
Ooh, and a cup holder!
It's bespoke!
This is a cup holder you would find in someone's car, but it's quite funny to think about this intimidating armor being complete with a cup holder.
Since it's bespoke, we can understand that a space for Glordon's drink is as important to him as dangerous weapons.
By the way, did you notice how Glordon listed off the features of his armor?
It's got weapons and bombs and stuff.
This is a great example of how we reduce and in English.
We might say salt and pepper or ketchup and mustard.
So what Gordon said sounded like weapons and bombs and stuff. weapons and bombs and stuff listen again and try to say it like him it's got weapons and bombs and stuff it's got weapons and bombs and stuff let's switch gears to talk a bit about grammar so if hylargians took off their armor they'd look like you Here we have a conditional question.
The pattern is if plus past tense plus would, could, might.
This structure asks about hypothetical situations.
You know things that aren't currently true, but we're imagining them.
Let's break it down.
If you won the lottery, where would you go on vacation?
If it rained tomorrow, would you still come to the park?
If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, which would you choose?
Elio is asking about a hypothetical scenario.
What would happen if hyalurons removed their aroma, which they normally don't do?
To expose your soft worm flesh will dishonor you and your whole family for all eternity.
To expose something means to make it visible.
In this case, Glorden means a Hylurgian showing their actual body underneath the armor.
You might expose a secret, expose yourself to sunlight, or expose corruption, like in this example.
You don't seem to understand how important these files are.
They'll expose a corruption that goes to the very core of the banking clan.
Flesh refers to the soft tissue of the body like skin and muscles.
Using this word emphasizes that it's a vulnerable part of someone's body.
Here's an example from Wednesday about the rumors that were circulating about her.
To dishonor someone means to bring shame to them.
It's a serious thing in many cultures to dishonor your family.
Like how, in Mulan, her family feels dishonored at first when it's exposed that she pretended to be a man to join the military.
Check out this other example from SeaBeast.
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Finally, to get installed here is being used in a playful way.
Normally, we install things like software, appliances, or equipment.
For example, you can install an app on your phone or install a new dishwasher in your kitchen.
Glorton is using this tech language to talk about getting permanently fitted inside their carapace, as if they were a machine getting an upgrade.
Check out this example from Finding Nemo.
The tank is clean.
The tank is clean!
But how?
Boss must have installed it last night while we were sleeping.
You've done awesome with all of this advanced vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation!
Now comes the most important part of the lesson, your test!
You will see how much better your understanding is by watching the scenes again without subtitles, and will make it more challenging with some quiz questions.
Let's go!
This is Elio Solis of the planet Earth.
I come in peace, and I am super excited to join you.
I'm creative, hardworking, shredded.
So please come and get me.
I'll be waiting.
OK, bye.
Love you.
Yes!
Ugh.
Hi there.
Ugh.
I'm too young to die.
I'm too young to die.
Whoa!
Translayer disc?
Cool!
Are you gonna hit me?
What?
Ew!
I was just swaddling you because you seemed scared.
That's what my mom does when I get scared.
I'm rarely unswaddled.
You're just a little kid.
So?
Don't have to be rude about it.
Match the expression with its meaning.
Don't be weird about it.
Don't be defensive about it.
Don't be secretive about it.
No, no, no.
Hey, come back.
I wasn't making fun of you.
Uh, my name's Elio.
Well, what's your name?
You really want to know my name?
Well, I really want to get down.
I'm Glorden.
No one's ever asked me my name before.
I mean, I ask a lot of questions all the time.
No one ever asks me questions about me, though, like what my favorite color is.
It's purple, if you're asking.
Are you asking?
What's wrong with you?
That's just my carapace.
What?
I'll show you.
Ta-da!
Whoa.
Every Hylur game gets one when they come of age.
Which is not part of coming of age?
Responsibility, maturity or popularity?
It's got weapons and bombs and stuff.
Ooh, and a cup holder.
It's bespoke.
So, if Hilarians took off their armor, they'd look like you?
Complete the conditional question.
If you, hmm, a million dollars, what, hmm, you with it?
If you won a million dollars, what would you do with it?
Yeah, but nobody would ever do that.
To expose your soft, warm flesh will dishonor you and your whole family for all eternity.
I can't wait to get installed.
I'm gonna look so hot.
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In a house?
A floating house?
That's the darndest thing I've ever seen.
You're not after my bird, are you?
But if you need to borrow a cup of sugar, I'd be happy to oblige.
