The video illuminates the English learning experience through "Frozen," focusing on the engaging character of Olaf the snowman. It delves into various aspects such as vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation, using scenes from the movie as educational tools. The instructors guide viewers on enhancing their English comprehension while enjoying the humor and warmth Olaf infuses into the storyline.

Fans of the movie will find this content particularly enriching as it offers practical language learning suggestions interspersed with entertaining narrative insights from "Frozen." The session conducts a detailed breakdown of specific phrases used in the movie and explains connected speech, highlighting the nuances of English pronunciation and casual expressions.

Main takeaways from the video:

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Key Vocabularies and Common Phrases:

1. crimson [ˈkrɪm.zən] - (noun) - A deep, rich red color often used to describe intense or vibrant redness. - Synonyms: (red, scarlet, ruby)

So crimson. This is a deep, rich red color. Oftentimes you can describe a sunset as crimson.

2. chartreuse [ʃɑːrˈtruːz] - (noun) - A bright yellowish-green color, named after a French liqueur. - Synonyms: (lime green, yellow-green, acid green)

I'm thinking, like, maybe some crimson, chartreuse

3. connected speech [kəˈnɛk.tɪd spiːtʃ] - (noun) - The natural way of speaking in English where words are linked together, often altering sounds and omitting certain letters. - Synonyms: (fluent speech, continuous speech, flowing speech)

There was some connected speech also in this scene.

4. flap t [flæp tiː] - (noun) - A way of pronouncing the 't' sound that resembles a quick touch of the tongue against the roof of the mouth, common in American English. - Synonyms: (soft T, American T, middle T)

And then the T becomes like a flap t

5. progressive tense [prəˈɡres.ɪv tɛns] - (noun) - A verb tense used in English to indicate actions that are currently ongoing or were ongoing at a certain moment. - Synonyms: (continuous tense, imperfect tense, ongoing tense)

So he uses the progressive tense here because he is right now considering what colors would match the scenery.

6. get off to a bad start [ɡɛt ɔf tuː ə bæd stɑːrt] - (phrase) - To begin something poorly or in a problematic way, often causing further issues down the line. - Synonyms: (begin poorly, start on the wrong foot, make a bad beginning)

So when you get off to a bad start with something that you're doing, maybe a trip, a relationship, a conversation, that means that it didn't start well

7. funky looking [ˈfʌŋ.ki ˈlʊk.ɪŋ] - (adjective) - An informal term used to describe something that appears strange or bizarre. - Synonyms: (weird looking, odd looking, peculiar)

And who's the funky looking donkey over there?

8. antlers [ˈænt.lərz] - (noun) - Extensions of bone found on the heads of deer, which are shed and regrown each year. - Synonyms: (horns, brow tines, tines)

So these type of horns, those are antlers, because those are like branches

9. creepy [ˈkriː.pi] - (adjective) - Something that causes an uncomfortable or eerie feeling, often due to its oddity or strangeness. - Synonyms: (scary, eerie, unsettling)

creepy is something weird, strange, maybe unpleasant.

10. head rush [hɛd rʌʃ] - (noun) - A sudden feeling of dizziness or disorientation, often experienced when standing up quickly. - Synonyms: (dizziness, lightheadedness, vertigo)

head rush. This expression is also known as a brain rush.

Learn English with Frozen — Anna Meets Olaf

This Disney movie captivated hearts worldwide with its enchanting tale of two sisters, Anna and Elza. Frozen became a cultural phenomenon, fostering a sense of empowerment and confidence in young girls everywhere and reminding us all how important it is to be our true selves.

In today's lesson, we are learning English with the lovable snowman, Olive, who brings humor and warmth into the story. Now, before we start, if you are new here, our method is really simple. First, you watch the scene with the subtitles. Then you learn all of the most important vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. And finally, you'll test your comprehension by watching the clip one more time, this time without subtitles.

We got off to a bad start, but no worries. Ew. Ew, the body. Wait, what am I looking at right now? Why are you hanging off the earth like a bat? I never knew winter could be so beautiful. Yeah, it really is beautiful, isn't it? But it's so white. You don't have a little color. I'm thinking, like, maybe some crimson, chartreuse. How about yellow? No, not yellow. Yellow and snow. No go. Am I right? Hi. You're creepy. I don't want it. Whoa, back at you.

Come on. It's just ahead. No. All right, we got off to a bad start. Ew. Ew, the body. Wait, what am I looking at right now? Why are you hanging off the earth like a bat? So Olive is mentioning colors here because, you know, it's winter, it's snow, everything's white, and he just wants to spice it up a little, right? So crimson. This is a deep, rich red color. Oftentimes you can describe a sunset as crimson.

And pay attention to the pronunciation because I heard this word being pronounced incorrectly with s sound, but actually the correct pronunciation is with the Z sound. crimson. Another color. chartreuse. Oh, I really like chartreuse. It comes from French, and it is a bright, yellowish green color. It's named after French liquor. I wonder, Izzy, if you have ever tried this liquor? Never. But I do know of the color, and I didn't know this word before hearing it here.

So living and learning, right? chartreuse. Rouse. It's French. Right. So the pronunciation, the ch in English, it will normally be like ch, like Czech. But here it's an sh.

Sounds like sh. chartreuse. Right. So easy. Why is he talking about colors here? Yeah, as we'll see later. If you watch the movie, you see that he's kind of obsessed with the idea of summer being under the sun and feeling the warmth of the sun. And he's never experienced it, obviously, otherwise you'd melt. But he loves the idea of summer. So he's talking about these colors. Because these are like colors more related to summertime. Yeah. It really is beautiful, isn't it? There was some connected speech also in this scene. So it's a very common contraction. So is not becomes isn't.

But then what happens next is we drop tea in isn't and we link the N sound to the word it. And id, in its turn, drops the T at the end. So what we get as a result is, isn't it? What happens in the phrase. How about. Is he. But it's so white. You don't have a little color. Yeah. So I think he says, how about. How about. It's very short, right? And it's one of those lazy sounds that you have in English that. That you shouldn't bother so much trying to enunciate. Like, how about. You know, because it's just casual. Like, how about. How about this? How about that? How about little color? It's very natural, right? So he drops the T and the schwa sound is reduced. So it's just like, how about. Really, no pressure.

No. Here I'm thinking, like, maybe some crimson chartreuse. I'm thinking about these colors. So he uses the progressive tense here because he is right now considering what colors would match the scenery. How about yellow? No, not yellow. Yellow and snow. No go. Yeah. This is funny. So there's actual this expression in English. Don't eat yellow snow. Yellow snow is slow with urine with pee in it. And you hear adults saying this to kids because obviously they could see it and think like, oh, it's just interesting. Let me try and put it in my mouth. Right. But it's very likely some animal or maybe a person did that. But this is also a figurative expression that people use to say something like, hey, don't make this obvious mistake.

And then he says, like, yellow and snow, no go. No go. So what does no go mean here? Okay, so this is also a very casual, informal expression meaning that, okay, this is not possible. This is not acceptable. It's not going to happen. Yeah, it's no go. It's just no go. So we covered some new awesome words today, but let me tell you, if you don't review them, you'll probably forget them very soon. If you want to be able to actually use these new words in a next English conversation, we have a perfect solution for you. Just regularly practice for 10, 15 minutes and you'll always have the right words at the tip of your tongue when you need them in real conversations.

Ready to get started? Then, using your phone, click in the description below to get straight to the flashcards. Or Simply download the RealLife English app from your favorite app store. Am I right? Hi. You're creepy. I don't want. Whoa. Back at you. creepy is something weird, strange, maybe unpleasant. Gives you eerie feeling. What are other things that you can think of that might be creepy? Easy. Yeah, like ghost or deity of a ghost. Like a cemetery.

Like a house that's abandoned. Right. Like creepy. Or something. Like an animal that is like a creature. Is like a weird creature. Maybe creepy. Exactly. So, for example, if you. It's Halloween and you challenge your friend to go to the forest, that would be creepy. Yeah. Right. Dark forest during the Halloween. Okay. There's a very interesting chunk of words. Christophe pronounces it as one word. Becketcha. What is that? Yeah, so this is the actual longer expression. Right back at you. Or right back at you. Or back at you. So this is like a casual, playful response when somebody compliments you or says something nice, you know, you can just compliment them back by just saying back at you or right back at you. So imagine like you're working on a project and somebody who assisted you in a project says something like, hey, good job. And you can say like, thank you right back at you.

I think I heard it in sports as well. So, for example, if you're playing with your kid or playing ball with your kid, and back at you, it just like returning the ball. That's exactly what's happening in the scene. Right? So they pass to each other Olaf's head as if a ball. So becka in this context is just like Returning a ball to Anna. Yeah, like, you pass it to me, I pass it to you. Yeah, yeah. The same with greetings. The same with compliments. You want to compliment a person who complimented you. Right, exactly that. No. All right. We got off to a bad start.

Okay, so. So when you get off to a bad start with something that you're doing, maybe a trip, a relationship, a conversation, that means that it didn't start well. Right. It wasn't smooth or positive. Maybe there was, like a misunderstanding. You know, you didn't really connect there. So you got off to a bad start. And a situation I can think of is, imagine this. You got a new job, this is your first day, and you are late for a meeting. So this is definitely, like, you know, you can say that you got off to a bad start by arriving late on your first day. Right. Good example. Yeah, I mean, that's exactly, I think, how one would use that expression. So native speakers in English express their disgust by this exclamation.

Ooh, what we just heard from Anna sounds good. I know, it's funny. Like in Portuguese, my native language, we say eka. We say foo. Foo. That's so random. But yeah, in English, just so you know, I was like, you wait, what am I looking at right now? Why are you hanging off the earth like a bat? First of all, let's define the connected speech here. What am I looking at? Could you break it down easy? Yeah. So he connects all those words, I believe, like, what am I looking at? So the T in what becomes a flap. T. It becomes like a sound. So what? What am? And then the M in am, that word M connects with I.

So what am I? What am I? And then looking at, there's like an Angie sound, like a net looking at, what am I looking at? And here is a great example again of progressive tenses. This is all happening right now. And he says, what am I looking at? Why are you hanging off the earth? Yeah, this is just a good reminder for English learner to review when to use the progressive tense. Yeah. The action that is happening right now at the moment of speaking. Why are you hanging off the earth like a bat? Why did he say that? Yeah, you know bats, these animals that fly, they are small, kind of creepy. They hang from the ceiling, right?

So his face, his head is upside down. So they're seeing everything, like inverted upside down. And he. The way he views Anna and Kristoff, they're hanging upside down. It's as if they were like bats. So when you hang, it's like, imagine you have a rope attached to ceiling or something, and you're hanging there. Or hanging off, as the phrasal verb says. All right, wait one second. Oh, thank you. You're welcome. Now I'm perfect. Well, almost. It was like my whole life got turned upside down. Too hard. I'm sorry. I, I. Are you okay?

Are you kidding me? I. And wonderful. I've always wanted a nose. So cute. He's making a beanie unicorn. Hey. Whoa. Oh, I love it even more. All right, let's start this thing over. Hi, everyone. I'm Olaf, and I like warm hugs. Olaf? That's right, Olaf. Oh, too hard. I'm sorry. Are you okay? Are you kidding me? I am wonderful. head rush. This expression is also known as a brain rush. This is exactly that sensation of dizziness you have in your head when something happens. When, for example, when you bump your head, sometimes you get up too fast, right? From, like, you're sitting, and then you just get up fast and, like, wait. Feeling dizzy? Feeling without so much balance. Right? Exactly.

Are you okay? Are you kidding me? So he means by saying, are you kidding me? Something like, why are you even asking me that question? I feel wonderful. Like, are you kidding me? Right? So it's just like that nonsensical, sarcastic thing you can say is like, are you kidding? Feel amazing. I've always wanted a nose. So cute. He's like, you need a baby unicorn. Hey. Whoa. Oh, I love it even more. He's so positive, right? Yeah. His optimism. If you, like, watch. First of all, it's like an amazing movie. One of my favorites. We watched it, like, I don't know, about 10 times, if not more. And his optimism is just, like, infectious.

He's really cool. He loves it even more, right? Yeah. So he's okay with that tiny nose. Then he says he loves it even more when it's back. Like his carrot knows. But here, he says, I've always wanted. He uses the present perfect tense, right? It's like when we want to talk about our dreams. What we were thinking. Dreaming about. You may exactly use this construction. Yeah. I've always wanted. And then you say what you've always wanted. Yeah. To visit Japan. Right? To learn Japanese. Actually, that. I'm just saying that because it is a dream of mine. I've always wanted to learn Japanese. All right, let's start this thing over. Hi, everyone. I'm Olaf.

You can often hear this phrase when you make a mistake or something. Let's start over. Let's start this thing over. Remember this phrase like we got off to a bad start. So exactly when something bad happened or not as expected at the very beginning, you can say, let's start this thing over. It's a great way to approach these situations. Right? Like if you get off to a bad start, just start it over. Ask for that. Yeah. Beautiful. So many lessons Olive can teach us. And you are? I'm Anna. And who's the funky looking donkey over there? That's Sven. Uh huh. And who's the reindeer? Sven. Oh, oh, okay. Make things easier for me.

I'll look at him. Try to kiss my nose. I like you too. Yeah. So Olaf says look at him trying to kiss my nose. Look at him trying to kiss my nose. But there's a lot of connected speech there. And he connects look with at. With him to say look at him. So the K connects with at, look at. And then the T becomes like a flap t. So sound. And the H drops in him. So look at him. Look at him trying to. So that too T word becomes again like a D sound. Says look at him. Trying to look at him.

Trying to kiss my nose. Nice. And there is another instance where he says the same phrase, trying to. Stop it. Sven, try and focus here. Trying to focus here. And I believe that here even more reduction is happening, because what you just explained. Yeah, try and. But we don't hear the D sound here. He drops it. So all is left is trying to tryna focus here. Trying to focus. Even drops the words I am. I am trying to focus here. He doesn't say those words because this is casual, right? It's colloquial. So trying to focus here.

Thank you so much for learning with us today. And remember, to review all the words and expressions from today's lesson, go to the RealLife English app. I'm guessing you don't have much experience with heat. Nope. But sometimes I like to close my eyes and imagine what it'd be like when summer does come.

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