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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.

DIALOGUE, FIRST TIME

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.

DIALOGUE, SECOND TIME (slow)

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.

DIALOGUE, THIRD TIME

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.