In this video, Jennifer Aniston shares amusing insights into her skincare regimen, particularly describing her obsession with laser treatments. During a humorous interview, she reveals the process of undergoing intense skincare treatments like chemical peels. The discussion expands on her experiences, highlighting how certain procedures can initially result in an unappealing appearance yet ultimately lead to remarkable results.

Furthermore, the video features a segment discussing Aniston's role in the movie "Wanderlust," where she interacts in a farm setting and tries her hand at milking goats—a task she finds challenging due to her urban background. This segment provides a lighthearted look into her adventures on set, while also exploring how actors often have to perform tasks outside of their usual experiences.

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Key Vocabularies and Common Phrases:

1. euphemism [ˈjuːfəmɪzəm] - (noun) - A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. - Synonyms: (substitute, understatement, alternative expression)

Yeah, it's actually a euphemism. So we have the word shit. And like a lighter way that you can say it is. Shoot.

2. collocation [ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃn] - (noun) - A pair or group of words that are habitually juxtaposed together, creating a familiar phrase. - Synonyms: (phrase, word combination, set expression)

That's a collocation. We say you break a habit, meaning that you end that habit.

3. phasal verb [ˈfreɪzəl vɜːrb] - (noun) - A usually informal group of words consisting of a verb and a preposition or adverb (or both) that together create a meaning different from the original verb. - Synonyms: (verb phrase, multi-word verb, compound verb)

So it's more meaningful than simply fall. It adds detail to fall. It's a phrasal verb. Fall off.

4. intact [ɪnˈtækt] - (adjective) - Whole, complete, not damaged or altered in any way. - Synonyms: (whole, unbroken, undamaged)

Yeah, you could. I couldn't keep it in one intact piece.

5. battered [ˈbætərd] - (adjective) - Damaged by being beaten repeatedly or impacted strongly. - Synonyms: (beaten, damaged, worn-out)

You actually look like a battered burn victim for a week.

6. obsessed [əbˈsɛst] - (adjective) - Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something. - Synonyms: (fixated, preoccupied, fanatical)

I became obsessed with laser porn.

7. gorgeous [ˈɡɔːrdʒəs] - (adjective) - Very beautiful or attractive. - Synonyms: (stunning, splendid, dazzling)

We were there. The most gorgeous time of the year was just going from fall or summer to fall.

8. eavesdropping [ˈiːvzˌdrɒpɪŋ] - (noun) - The act of secretly listening to the private conversation of others without their consent. - Synonyms: (listening in, overhearing, snooping)

It's just eavesdropping, basically.

9. rejuvenate [rɪˈdʒuːvəˌneɪt] - (verb) - To make someone or something look or feel younger, fresher, or more lively. - Synonyms: (revitalize, refresh, renew)

Which is some sort of mask they put on you that's supposed to rejuvenate your skin.

10. prepped [prɛpt] - (verb) - Prepared for a task or event. - Synonyms: (prepared, ready, equipped)

So but then I was like during the day I had to get prepped and I just went for it.

Learn English with JENNIFER ANISTON — Funny Interview

Characters, actually, other characters talk about how beautiful your skin is. And then I see you in person and your skin is just kind of perfect. And I'm wondering how you do that. Don't touch it. Nothing. Oh, yeah. Oh, it'll fall off. Yeah, shoot. No, I really do. You sort of glow. I don't know what it is. You're. Is it something you're eating?

I said this in an interview. I became obsessed with laser porn. And basically, you know, you laser porn? Well, I called it laser porn because once somebody said, you know, I was like, yeah, can I get a couple of these sun spots? Because I like the sun. You know, I'm a California girl and it's a hard habit to break. Feels so good. Yeah. But you know, you get to the place where it's like, oh, maybe not so much.

And so I went and investigated having some of those little things zapped. And I did this thing called like a. It's like a peel, which is extremely intense. You don't really understand that. You actually look like a battered burn victim for a week. And then it just falls off. Starts to fall off. Your face fell off for like eight days and then it just kept. Yeah, I was. You were in a moment. It's gotta be horrifying. Horrifying. I do have it documented, but it was horrifying.

I hope you saved the face afterwards, the actual thing that fell off. Yeah, you could. I couldn't keep it in one intact piece. Oh, man, that is ebay gold. I know. Characters, actually, other characters talk about how beautiful your skin is. And then I see you in person and your skin is just kind of perfect. And I'm wondering how you do that. You don't touch it. Nothing. Oh, yeah. Oh, it'll fall off. Yeah. Shoot. What does that mean? Like shoot? Here I thought shoot was a verb, like for what you do with a weapon or like a ball playing basketball. You shoot. But what does she mean here with shoot?

Yeah, it's actually a euphemism. So we have the word shit. And like a lighter way that you can say it is. Shoot. And she probably said that because she's on television, right? Yeah. There's also like, heck instead of hell or dang instead of damn. Exactly. And so she said that it'll fall off. Why didn't she just say it'll fall? It'll fall off. It's like it's attached to something and it will become detached from that thing. So it's more meaningful than simply fall. It adds detail to fall. It's a phrasal verb. Fall off.

Right. It'd be. The whole thing would be. It'll fall off of my face. No, I. Do you sort of glow. I don't know what it is. You're. Is it. You're something you're eating. Right. So to glow. This is interesting because obviously a light bulb glows, literally. But I often see this word, this verb, glow, being used to talk about people. People's faces, their appearance, when they just, like, look really healthy. Especially their face looks healthy. You could say like, oh, you're glowing. Yeah. A lot of times you'll hear it about pregnant women.

That happens when they are pregnant. It makes their skin look more healthy. So you can say that, though, even if someone's not pregnant. Or you can say it also be less common, but you could say it to a man that, you know, you're glowing. I said this in an interview. I became obsessed with laser porn. And basically, you know, you laser porn? Well, I called it laser porn because once somebody said, you know, I was like, yeah, a couple of these sunspots because I like the sun. You know, I'm a California girl.

Okay. So she's saying she's got obsessed with laser porn, which is a random thing. Yeah, total novel new thing to me. But what does she mean here to be obsessed with something? If you're obsessed with something, it means that that thing is all you can think of or you're doing it excessively. So if you were obsessed with learning English with TV series, that means you can't get enough of our videos. You're watching them every day. You almost have an addiction. And it can even be used in positive way sometimes.

Here at Real Life, we have a value. One of our company values is to do less than obsess. What is that? So basically we're saying that you can't do everything. If you try to do everything, you're just going to do a mediocre or average job on those things. But when you focus on just doing a few things and you really pour your energy, your curiosity into those things, Then you're able to do a world class job on them, meaning that you're able to be one of the best people in the world at doing those things.

Said this in an interview. I became obsessed with laser porn. And basically, you know, you laser porn? Well, I called it laser porn because once somebody said, you know, I was like, yeah, a couple of these sunspots because I like the sun. You know, I'm a California girl. And interesting. She says she's a California girl and she is using all of these discourse markers, which is something that. Very true. There's a stereotype, right, of the Californian accent or there's even. What's that term again? Valley girl. Exactly.

So what would you say here about all of these different discourse markers that she's using? Right. So she says a lot, you know. Well, but, you know, and they're not adding any meaning. But natives tend to use these because they give us a moment to pause, to gather our thoughts. And she might even be using this in excess maybe because she's a little bit nervous in the interview. It's a bit of a strange story to be telling and so on. But as an English learner, I used to teach these to my students because they can actually be valuable instead of just being there, like when you are trying to think of a word, you can use these to sound more natural in that moment that you're trying to think of something.

And some of these are even slightly functional. I could say, and you tell me, like, I think, like when you say something like see, like the verb see as a discourse marker, a lot of times that helps the other person prepare for something that you'll add maybe some detail or something you're going to explain next. Right? But you're just like saying that to have more time to think. A lot of times they can have a subtle meaning. For example, when you say, you know, it might be looking for approval from the other person that they understand what you're telling them. They're understanding the point of the story.

You know, I was like, yeah, a couple of these sunspots. Oh, and by the way, she mentioned sunspots. And they're basically these dark spots that you get by being exposed to the sun. Okay? So I'm sure you're learning tons of new expressions and words in English, but let me tell you that if you don't review these words soon enough, you will forget them. They'll just vanish from your mind. And there's a reason why that happens.

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It's a hard habit to break. Feels so good. Yeah. But you know, you get to the place where it's like, oh, maybe not so much. And so I went and investigated having some of those little things zapped. It's interesting. She says it's a hard habit to break. Why didn't you say a hard habit to stop or to interrupt or any other verb there? Right. That's a collocation. We say you break a habit, meaning that you end that habit. That's probably the most native, like, way that you can use that. Yeah.

This is often ignored or overlooked by many learners. The fact that it's not just like learning words individually, you need to also pay attention to what words usually come together with other words. In this case to break a habit or to build a habit. Even if you want to talk about starting a new habit. Yeah. Actually on our other channel, RealLife English, we just did an episode recently talking all about how you can and you should learn collocations to sound more natural and to better understand English. So you guys might want to check that out. We could link it down in the description of this episode.

And so I went and investigated having some of those little thing zapped. And. And I did this thing called like a. It's like a peel, which is extremely intense. Her voice is just so funny. Like a. I don't know if she's feeling so confident telling the story because it is kind of weird. Right? But what does she mean here? Talking about to have something zapped. So laser zap, like in sci fi movies, that sound that they make. And so we'll use that often when we're talking also about lasers for skincare, that you get something zapped by a laser. You can also say to zap your food in the microwave. That's another similar collocation.

And so I went and investigated having some of those little things zapped. And I did this thing called like a. It's like a peel which is extremely intense. So interesting the way she pronounced there. Some of those. How did you say it? Yeah, so almost all the time when you hear some of. We're going to have some connected speech there of reduces to just a schwa sound. And she says summa, summa. Some of those.

Maybe we can listen to that again and you guys can repeat having some of those little. Having some of those little. And I did this thing called like a. It's like a peel which is extremely intense. You don't really understand that you actually look like a battered burn victim for a week. And then intense. What's a peel as a noun here? Because she's saying like it's a procedure, right? Appeal. Yeah, like you peel a banana. Right. As a verb. Or a banana has appeal. And then we have. This would be a chemical peel, I believe is what she is referring to, which is some sort of mask they put on you that's supposed to rejuvenate your skin by maybe burning off the old skin cells.

So she says that by doing that she actually ended up looking like a burn victim or even worse, like a battered burn victim. What is that? Yeah, a burn victim is someone who is a victim of a burn, basically. So maybe their house caught fire, they couldn't get out in time and so they got intense burns on their skin. And battered. It's kind of an aggressive term often like used as a battered housewife, for example, like someone who's being abused by their partner physically. Of course, she's just using this to emphasize her point.

But we can hear this also in other contexts. For example, the word batter, I assume, also comes from this. Like cake batter, because you're beating it with a whisk into a paste. Yeah. Interestingly, I also remember seeing his expression in movies set in medieval times. There were these big things called battering rams that were used to knock down houses and buildings. And I guess we can show it here on screen. And all it would do is basically batter a building down. Right. To knock it down.

I do have it documented, but it was horrifying. I hope you saved the face afterwards. So what does that mean? If you have something documented, it means you have proof of it. So I assume that she took photos of it for, you know, nostalgia of that weird period that she passed. It's weird how we. We document these moments in our lives. Like, whenever we do something strange like a procedure like this, we just take pictures. I don't know why.

I hope you save the face afterwards. The actual thing would sell off. Yeah, you could. I couldn't keep it in one intact. Oh, man, that is ebay gold. Yeah. It's funny, like, save the face there. He's just saying, like, to keep it, right, to not throw it away, the old skin. But there's an expression to save face, which is not what he means here, which is just. What is that? To save face? It's to avoid an embarrassing situation. So face, in this sense is more like your reputation, which is not what he means.

He's just talking about keeping that skin. And she was saying that she couldn't keep it all, like, in one intact piece. What is intact? It means whole or complete. So you could think, for example, if you drop your phone and the screen breaks, you could say, oh, you know, the screen's broken, but at least the rest of the phone is intact, meaning the rest of it works perfectly. And it's funny. He said if she had that, the face, you could sell it on ebay. Can you imagine by Jen, for instance, face or skin? Yeah. This is kind of a slang use of gold. When you say something is gold in that sense, it means it's something of obviously very high value or can even be used figuratively to say that something is very high quality. Like maybe Izzy told me a very funny joke that he came up with. I can say, man, that joke is gold.

So now let's hear Jennifer talking about her experience shooting this movie called Wanderlust. This was. It's set on a farm. Did you shoot this in. In Clarksville, Georgia? Georgia Heaven. Beautiful. Most beautiful countryside. And we Were there. The most gorgeous time of the year was just going from fall or summer to fall. And so we had some lake time, and we were all on this lake. Am I being rude to you by just. No, not at all. Not at all. Okay. It's the way it is. I know. Sorry.

It's just before. And Angie, when we go out there, you're not to speak to her. No. It's just eavesdropping, basically. Exactly. It's creepy. It's pervy. The way he's doing it. Look, you go ahead and finish. Yeah. There's a scene on the farm where you milk a goat. A dude. And it looks like you really milked a goat. I did really milk a goat. Had you done that before? That was not stunt milking. It was horrible. I had not. I'd done it once at the. At the camera test, and I couldn't do it because it was.

Seemed really too intense. Right. It was. You really grab at it, and it was like, I'm a city girl. I'm not. That's not my thing. Right, Right. So. But then I was like, during the day, I had to get prepped, and I just went for it, and I was like, bite the bullet. Let's just milk this thing. Right. And it was. Did you make you feel like, okay, I could live on a farm once you did it? No. No. You don't ever want to do that again? No. I know. I wouldn't be opposed to it. Right. But it wouldn't be like, I'm going to move to a farm and milk goats. I'm shocked that you're not going to do that. Are you? Does that make me a bad person? Yes, it does.

This was. It's set on a farm. Did you shoot this in. In Clarksville, Georgia? Georgia heaven. Beautiful. Most beautiful countryside and. All right, so this movie, Wanderlust, I haven't watched it, but apparently it's set on a farm, which means it takes place there. It was shot there. And she said that that happened in a countryside of Georgia. What is a countryside of a place? Basically, the part that's not the city. And I think you. You, Ethan, are from the countryside of Colorado. Is that right? Would you say that you're from the countryside, or is that not really that part of the state? We wouldn't use it in that way, I think, like, in Portuguese, you do use a similar word for anywhere that's not the capital, but countryside is more like a rural area.

So I'm from a town. It's a populated area. So it wouldn't be considered countryside. And we were there. The most gorgeous time of the year was just going from fall or summer to fall. And so we had some lake time, and we were all on this lake. Am I being rude to you by just. No, not at all. Not at all. Okay. It's the. It's the way it is. Just politely asking anybody rude to you. Because she has her back to him, right? Yeah, but that is the way it is as he responded there, which, by the way, that's a collocation.

Like, it's the way it is. That's the way things happen. Because that guy Andy, he usually sits there. He's Conan's sidekick, he's assistant. So he responds not at all. So how is he actually pronouncing that? Yeah, that's some really nice connected speech. We have the American T happening twice there. American T happens when we have a T between two vowel sounds most times. So instead of saying not at all, we have, like, not at all. And those American T's also are linking to the next vowel. So not at all. Maybe you guys want to repeat that with Andy. Am I being rude to you by just. No, not at all. No, not at all. Just before.

And Andy, when we go out there, you not to speak to her. No, it's just eavesdropping, basically. Exactly. It's creepy. It's pervy. The way he's doing it. Look, that's such a funny word there. Like, eavesdropping. What is that? When you eavesdrop on someone's conversation, you're listening to it, even though you're not really a participant in it. So if you're sitting in a restaurant and you hear some juicy gossip happening at the next table, and you're kind of, like, overhearing, this is generally considered very rude to eavesdrop on other people's conversations.

And that's why then Conan is joking that it's creepy. It's pervy. These are kind of similar. If something's creepy, it means it gives you a bad feeling. So could be the case that someone's, like, eavesdropping you, or they're watching you from the shadows, and you feel, like, weeped out. And pervy comes from a pervert. A pervert is someone who maybe makes, like, sexual advances, unwanted sexual advances on someone. And so pervy would be the adjective form of that.

There's a scene on the farm where you milk a goat, a dude. And it looks like you really milked a goat. I did really milk a goat. Had you Done that before. That was not stunt milking. Wow, stunt milking. I should just made that up. Milker. So milk here is not the noun like the milk that you drink. It's the verb which is like when you milk a cow. Right. Have you ever milked a cow, by the way? I have not, no. I haven't had the pleasure. Or maybe ever drunk like fresh from the cow? Like milk fresh from the cow? No, but I would really like to try it. I've heard it tastes very different than store bought milk.

Have you? I have, yeah. And it just tastes weird. It just tastes like. Like farm. It's farm taste. Tastes like farm. Not in a good way. Yeah, it's just strange. Maybe people who are used to it like it. But yeah, you know the smell of being there like next to cows in the farm. Like the taste is very similar to the smell. So it is kind of weird. I wonder if it's, you know how sometimes when you smell something, you kind of feel like you can taste it. I wonder if you were to drink the fresh milk but not on the farm, if it might taste better. It's like maybe you're getting some of that manure smell that's infiltrating the taste of the milk. Maybe.

And that is the word I was looking for. And I said farm. There's like the manure. Yeah, the manure. There you go. Yeah. Anyway, so she said that she was not stunt milking the goat. So what is the stunt here in this case? So many people know Tom Cruise is famous for doing his own stunts, but many other actors don't do this. And this is typically in action movies that there's dangerous things they're doing and there are professionals who try to look a bit like the actor and do these dangerous things so the actor doesn't accidentally get injured doing something that's they're not trained for.

So it's quite humorous to think about having a stunt milker, you know, someone who they're calling in, who's a professional milker who can take Jennifer Aniston's place in the scene. So. But then I was like during the day I had to get prepped and I just went for it and I was like, bite the bullet. Let's just milk this thing. Right? Yeah. So she had to get prepped for it. And we often use that word here. For example, before recording these lessons, we just prep. Now it is different from the word to prepare, from the verb to prepare. But what is exactly the difference?

I think we use get prepped. Usually when it's for a job or a performance. For example, one that comes to mind is doctors have to get prepped before surgery. And this is an action of getting sterilized and into the right outfit before they're performing surgery on someone. Because if they don't do that, then there can be infection. Right. The surgery can not go well, so they have to get prepped. But that's not the same as saying they get prepared. Hopefully they're also prepared. Like, they have the knowledge, the skill, the tools that they need, Right.

I was like, bite the bullet. Let's just milk this thing, right? And then she says, bite the bullet, which is basically like just going and doing a thing, even though that, you know it's going to be difficult. So that's what she's doing. It's like, just get it over with, you know, just finish it. Just go for it, do it, and get it done. You don't ever want to do that again. No, I know. I wouldn't be opposed to it. Right. But it wouldn't be like, I'm going to move to a farm and milk goats. Imagine Jennifer Aniston just moving, deciding to give up acting, moving to a farm and milking goats. But she wouldn't be opposed to it, which means, like, she wouldn't get.

She wouldn't be against it. She has nothing against people who do that, but she doesn't want to do it. Not for her, not her passion. Yeah. So if you're opposed to something, basically you disagree with it, you disapprove of it. She's not against it, but it's not her thing, as she said. All right, so now it's time for you to test your comprehension by watching the clip a final time, and this time without subtitles.

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