The video centers around a lesson using a scene from 'The Princess Diaries,' where Mia, a high school teenager, finds out she's the heir to the Genovia throne and undergoes a royal transformation. Her grandmother, the Queen, guides her through royal protocols and manners, leading to humorous situations. This setup shows the stark contrast between Mia's ordinary life and the demands of royalty.

This instructional video uses the movie scene to teach English vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. It incorporates lessons through flashcards, tips on avoiding common mistakes, and practical examples. The contrast in Mia's experiences also highlights the pressure of beauty standards and offers a message on embracing individuality.

Main takeaways from the video:

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Key Vocabularies and Common Phrases:

1. posture [ˈpɒstʃər] - (noun) - The way in which someone holds their body when standing or sitting, conveying confidence or shyness. - Synonyms: (stance, position, carriage)

Well, carriage, obviously posture is how you hold your body.

2. carriage [ˈkærɪdʒ] - (noun) - A person's manner of holding and moving their head and body, typically considered in terms of whether it conveys confidence and dignity. - Synonyms: (bearing, demeanor, stance)

Well, carriage, obviously posture is how you hold your body.

3. speechless [ˈspiːtʃləs] - (adjective) - Unable to speak because of shock or surprise. - Synonyms: (dumbfounded, silent, lost for words)

She says she's speechless because the movie proved to be so important in her career.

4. scrutiny [ˈskruːtəni] - (noun) - Close and critical observation or examination. - Synonyms: (review, inspection, analysis)

When walking in a crowd, one is under scrutiny all the time.

5. evaluate [ɪˈvæljueɪt] - (verb) - To assess the value, significance, or extent of; appraise. - Synonyms: (assess, appraise, judge)

evaluate would be a more formal word to say that you want to judge or assess someone's looks.

6. complexion [kəmˈplɛkʃən] - (noun) - The natural color, texture, and appearance of a person's skin, especially that of the face. - Synonyms: (skin tone, skin color, facial hue)

When you want to talk about someone's skin tone or texture, you will use the word complexion.

7. seemly [ˈsiːmli] - (adjective) - Conforming to accepted notions of propriety or good taste; decorous. - Synonyms: (proper, appropriate, suitable)

The neck is seemly and you will wear stockings.

8. schwa [ʃwɑː] - (noun) - A mid-central vowel sound in English that is often unstressed or neutral, as heard in the final syllables of words like 'sofa.' - Synonyms: (mid-central vowel, neutral vowel)

And I never and I never want to see has a schwa sound

9. gracefully [ˈɡreɪsfəli] - (adverb) - In an elegant and smooth manner. - Synonyms: (elegantly, smoothly, fluidly)

Place the hands gracefully on the knees.

10. gibberish [ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ] - (noun) - Meaningless or unintelligible talk or writing. - Synonyms: (nonsense, drivel, babble)

It may sound like gibberish, a random set of words.

Learn English with Disney's THE PRINCESS DIARIES

Today we are learning English with the Princess Diaries. A shy, awkward teenager who feels invisible at her high school in San Francisco. Oops. I'm sorry. I didn't see you. I was thinking. Suddenly finds out that her father is the next king of Genovia, a small European kingdom. Her life takes a dramatic turn. And since Mia is to become a princess, there are some certain rules she has to follow. In the clip we brought for you today, her grandmother, the Queen, is helping Mia with a royal makeover and teaching her some princess manners. Mia isn't used to those fancy rules, so things get funny.

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And now let's watch the clip with the subtitles first. Then you will learn all of the most important vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. And at the end of the lesson, you'll take a short quiz by watching the clip one more time without subtitles and answering a few questions. So please welcome Princess Mia.

Amelia. Circle slowly so I can evaluate the work to be done. Amelia, does your bad posture affect your hearing?

Well, carriage, obviously. Hairstyle, complexion. Stop. Eyes. Lovely, but hidden beneath Bushman eyebrows. The neck is seemly. And you will wear stockings. Not tights, not socks. And I never want to see those shoes again.

When walking in a crowd, one is under scrutiny all the time. So we don't schlump like this. We drop the shoulders, we think tall, we tuck under and we transfer the weight from one foot. Why don't you just tuck one ankle behind the other and place the hands gracefully on the knees?

As a mother to a daughter, this scene worries me a little bit as it may be misleading. For young girls, so called beauty standards and being judged by their looks can make girls doubt themselves and feel pressured to change to fit in. Instead, I hope you take away a lesson in valuing individuality. For instance, when Clarice says, Mia's eyes are lovely. Eyes, lovely. It's A reminder that certain qualities are worth celebrating. Everyone has a unique quality to carry with pride, as we see later in the movie.

Now, before we dive into today's lesson and learn some really great English expressions, I thought you might enjoy hearing Anne Hathaway's reflection on the film looking back over her acting career. This was the film that changed my life. Like, it's so weird to watch it. I haven't seen this movie in maybe 20 years, and I'm a little bit speechless with this one. It's actually very emotional to see it. She says she's speechless because the movie proved to be so important in her career that she finds herself overwhelmed with emotion. So it's hard to find words to express yourself.

We will return to Anne Hathaway, but now let's learn English with Mia and her grandmother, the Queen Amelia. Circle slowly so I can evaluate the work to be done. Amelia, does your bad posture affect your hearing? Turn. Oh, sorry. No, no, no. Slowly. Turn slowly. I already used the word to judge earlier. And evaluate would be a more formal word to say that you want to judge or assess someone's looks, behavior, performance, or a situation in general.

Hold up. You're evaluating us? Think about it. How do baseball teams get better? They evaluate performance. This is just an informal yet permanent record of who's contributing what. Yeah, why don't we evaluate you? evaluate me? Yeah, yeah. You know what? I already did.

Amelia, does your bad posture affect your hearing? Turn. Oh, sorry, no, no, no. Slowly, turn slowly.

Well, carriage, obviously posture is how you hold your body. And like body language, it can say a lot about a person, whether you're confident, shy, or afraid of something. In this scene, the word carriage is used as a more formal, somewhat old fashioned word to refer to me as posture. carriage is related to the word carry. And the phrase to carry yourself is still in use in modern English. And it means how you present yourself in terms of confidence and elegance.

It's an attitude, Greg. It's a confidence. It's the way you carry yourself that lets the world know that the buck stops with you.

Hairstyle, complexion. Stop. When you want to talk about someone's skin tone or texture, you will use the word complexion. The word complexion is often collocated with adjectives like clear, fair, dark, healthy, or glowing when referring to skin.

Check out these examples. Any more information I should know? Yes, but not about this. We're doctors. We like to give out health tips. You should wear sunscreen even with your dark complexion. Nice save. Mhm. More concealing cream. Your complexion is so Fair. Now this has a touch of lavender in it.

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Eyes lovely, but hidden beneath Bushman eyebrows. The neck is seemly ears like her father. Her comment about Mia's eyebrows was not nice at all and not politically correct, so I would suggest that you avoid any comments like that. But let me explain what she means here. This is the Bushman people, also known as the Sand People, the indigenous hunter gatherers traditionally living in Southern Africa.

When the Queen says Mia has Bushman eyebrows, she means they are very thick. In everyday English, we usually describe thick eyebrows as bushy, which comes from the word bush. Bushes are plants, usually shorter than trees, and often have a rounded, thick appearance. Bushy can also describe thick, messy hair or beard. What's that, sir? A great big bushy beard. Come on, let's have a mosey around.

The neck is seemly Ears. Like her father. seemly is an uncommon word meaning appropriate or proper. So she says Mia's neck is appropriate or presentable, looking neat.

Who has nails like these? Everybody. Tomorrow I would like to see clean fingers. And you will wear stockings, not tights, not socks. And I never want to see those shoes again.

These are stockings, tights and socks. Sometimes it's really hard to differentiate between socks and stockings, right? So just look at Them again. And try to remember.

Interesting fact, Stockings were first used in medieval times when leg coverings were essential for both warmth and modesty. And they were worn by men and women. And this is a Christmas stocking. They can hold more candies and presents than socks, so maybe it helps you remember the difference.

And I never want to see those shoes again. Let's break down the connected speech in this phrase. And I never want to see those shoes again. What happens here is we drop the D sound from and and link three words together. And I never and I never want to see has a schwa sound. Want to, want to see. And it can even be reduced to wanna see, wanna see. Listen to this part again.

Those shoes. Again. You can't hear the Z sound from those because it merges into the sh sound from shoes. Those shoes. Those shoes again. The words shoes and again are linked together with a schwa sound from again. Again. Shoes. Again. Shoes again.

Now listen again and repeat the whole phrase. And I never want to see those shoes again.

And I never want to see those shoes again.

And I never want to see those shoes again.

When walking in a crowd, one is under scrutiny all the time. So we don't schlump like this.

Under scrutiny means that someone's actions are being watched very closely, often to check if they're doing things right or if there are any mistakes. It's like having a spotlight on you, where people are paying extra attention to what you do.

It is a wonder, then, that feet do not tire or, heaven forbid, trip under the scrutiny of all those attentive eyes keeping close watch. Indeed. So we don't schlump like this.

The word slump refers to a poor posture. It originates from Yiddish and is used primarily in American English, especially in casual or humorous settings. A more common word would be slump. It means to sit, lean, or fall heavily, often due to tiredness, laziness or discouragement.

So imagine you've had a very long day and you slowly slump into your chair, too tired to even take off your shoes. He passed out over his arm and slumped onto the floor.

To the bon show. We tuck under and we transfer the weight from one foot. No, Princesses never cross their legs in public. Why don't you just tuck one ankle behind the other and place the hands gracefully on the knees?

Tuck under means to pull or position something close to the body, often to create a neat, compact shape. It's straightening your posture. She then teaches Mia not to cross her legs, but to tuck one ankle behind the other.

Here tuck suggests Making a small movement to keep the legs together in a graceful way. You can often hear the phrase tuck in your shirt, meaning to neatly place the bottom of your shirt inside your pants or skirt so it looks tidy and doesn't hang loosely, like here in this example.

Oh, thank you. Well, I don't tuck in that much. See, Golf makes me tuck in. You're good tucked in. I'm rarely tucked in.

No. Princesses never cross their legs in public. Why don't you just tuck one ankle behind the other and place the hands gracefully on the knees?

The word gracefully relates to elegance. It's commonly used with verbs that reflect movement, behavior or response. For example, move gracefully, speak gracefully, and you can picture a pair of swans swimming gracefully on the lake.

And finally, there's some grammar structure I wanted to comment on. The Queen says, why don't you tuck one ankle behind the other. That sounds different from her more direct instructions like we don't schlump like this. Or princesses never cross their legs. If you want to give instruction or advice while sounding friendly and polite, start your sentence with this, why don't you? And if it is a suggestion rather than a question, we don't always need a question mark at the end.

Why don't you just tuck one ankle behind the other? You can also practice the connector speech with this phrase. The combination of the letters T plus Y gives us a ch sound. Why don't you. Why don't you listen and repeat? Why don't you just talk? Why didn't you just talk?

In this next scene, you'll see a humorous makeover session where Paolo the stylist, is helping Mia to get ready for a state dinner.

Let the work begin. Of course. Where is the beautiful girl? My granddaughter Amelia. She is gorgeous. Let us take a closer look. Busy, busy, dizzy. In the best sense. He's all right.

Do you wear contact lenses? Well, I have them, but I don't really like to wear them that much. Now you do. I love your eyebrows. We'll call them Frida and Kahlo.

If you want to know a big secret, tell me. The cucumber does nothing. This is something we make up. Majesty.

A princess. She is gorgeous. Let us take a closer look. Paolo. We have a limited number of days before the state dinner. Busy, busy, dizzy. In the best sense.

So Paolo is Italian. You can hear he uses the wrong pronunciation of the word. Gorgeous. You may want to repeat after me. Gorgeous. Gorgeous means very beautiful and attractive.

Freezy, busy, dizzy. It may sound like gibberish, a random set of words. But actually, it's a playful rhyming phrase used by P. Paolo to describe Mia's untamed hair.

Untamed means wild, uncontrolled, or not managed. It often describes something natural or rough that hasn't been shaped, groomed, or organized. So let's break down these words one by one.

Freezy. When said about hair, it means wild, curly, or untamed. I need you. What should we do about my hair? That lady called it frizzy. Your hair is flawless. Busy normally means having a lot to do. But here it likely refers to her hair being messy or full of texture, as if there is a lot going on.

And finally, Dizzy describes feeling light headed, that sensation of spinning around and losing one's balance. But here it humorously suggests her hair is chaotic or out of control.

Do you wear contact lenses? Well, I have them, but I don't really like to wear them that much. Now you do. You broke my glasses. You broke my brush. You see Mia wearing glasses. When you have poor eyesight, an alternative to wearing glasses could be wearing contact lenses. Transparent plastic lenses worn on the surface of the eye.

I love your eyebrows. We'll call them Frida and Kahlo. Paolo humorously names Mia's eyebrows Frida and Kahlo, referencing Frida Kahlo's iconic look. Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter known for her deeply personal and surreal self portraits.

Now, I promised you to come back to Anne Hathaway. Here's how she commented on this part of the clip. So he really had to break the brush in this. They pre broke the brush and it was supposed to break kind of easily, but it didn't quite happen. So that's me and Larry. I'm kind of improving, trying to get it to go. And I don't remember if the owl was real or if I was just buying him some time.

To buy some time means to create a delay, to give some extra time somebody needs for something. Like in this case, they had to improvise to save the scene and actually break the brush.

You want to know a big secret? Tell me. The cucumber does nothing. This is something we make up. Makeup means to create or invent something, especially a story or an idea that didn't happen or isn't true.

Majesty Paulo is exhausted because majesty only Paolo can take this and this and give you a princess. When you are exhausted, you're extremely tired or worn out with no energy left.

Do you remember the word you can use to describe collapsing onto the couch when you are completely exhausted? Let's find out, because now it's time for a test.

Amelia, circle slowly so I can evaluate the work to be done. Amelia, does your bad posture affect your hearing? Turn. Oh, sorry. No, no, no. Slowly. Turn. Slowly. What is a posture? The way you hold your body, how fast you move. Your tone of voice, your energy level.

Well, carriage, obviously. Hairstyle. complexion. Stop. Eyes. Lovely, but hidden beneath Bushman eyebrows. What would be the opposite of bushy eyebrows? Thin eyebrows. Sparse eyebrows. Thick eyebrows. Bushy eyebrows.

The neck is seemly. Ears. Like a father. Really they are. Oh my. Who has nails like these? Everybody. Well, tomorrow I would like to see clean fingers. And you will wear stockings. Not tights, not socks. And I never want to see those shoes again. When walking in a crowd, one is under scrutiny all the time. What does it mean to be under scrutiny? To be under scrutiny means being closely watched or examined. Often to check for mistakes or problems. Let the work begin.

Of course. Where is the beautiful girl? My granddaughter, Amelia. She is gorgeous. Let us take a closer look. Paolo, we have a limited number of days before the state dinner. What does gorgeous mean? Very beautiful or attractive? Graceful like a swan. Calm and peaceful. Very unattractive.

You want to know a big secret? Tell me. The cucumber does nothing. This is something we make up in this context. What does the phrasal verb make up mean? Use cosmetics. Use it for eating. Invent something. That's it for today. Good job, guys. Remember to practice new words and expressions you learned in the lesson with the flashcards on our RealLife English app.

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