[0:00]A whole new world. A new fantastic point of view. No one to tell us no. Or where to go. Or say we're only dreaming.
[0:20]Aww yeah! Aladdin is definitely a classic! Even if you haven't watched the 1992 animation or the 2019 live-action, which by the way, we made a lesson on that you can watch later. I'm sure that you have heard of or even sung the theme song that we've just seen. So today, we'll learn English pronunciation and vocabulary that you can actually use and that will help you to understand your favorite movies and TV series: Without Getting Lost, Without Missing the Jokes, and Without Subtitles. So subscribe now by clicking the subscribe button and the bell down below. That way you can continue having fun every week learning English with us.
[1:06]Aladdin is a poor mischievous boy who falls in love with Princess Jasmine, the daughter of the Sultan of Agrabah. The two meet while she's disguised as a commoner after running away from the palace in an attempt to experience a life without the pressures of royalty. Whoa. Watch your head there. Be careful. - Is this where you live? - Yep. Just me and Abu. - Come and go as we please. - That sounds fabulous. Well, it's not much, but it's got a great view. - Wow. The palace looks pretty amazing, huh? - Oh, it's wonderful. I wonder what it would be like to live there, and have servants and valets. Oh, sure. People who tell you where to go and how to dress. It's better than here. You're always scraping for food and ducking the guards. You're not free to make your own choices. - Sometimes you feel so... - You're just... ...trapped.
[2:12]Whoa. Watch your head there. Be careful. When Aladdin tells Jasmine to watch her head, he's warning her to pay attention and be careful not to hit her head. When you want someone to be careful with something, you can use the collocation: Watch your + noun For example, Watch your step: Walk carefully. Watch yourself: Pay attention to how you're behaving. Watch your mouth: Be careful with what you say. Check out how in this Frozen scene, the guest was told to be careful when entering Arendelle. Welcome to Arendelle! Merci, monsieur! Watch your steps, please. The gates will be opening soon. - Is this where you live? - Yep. Just me and Abu. - Come and go as we please. - That sounds fabulous. If a person comes and goes as they please, they don't obey any rules or laws. They behave freely without caring about social conventions. To tell someone to do something as they please means they can do it in any way they like or prefer. Look at how Rumpelstiltskin uses that to say that by being an ogre, Shrek can destroy places and scare people the way he wants. I gotta say, Shrek, I envy you. To live the life of an ogre... No worries, no responsibilities. You are free to pillage and terrorize as you please. - Wow. The palace looks pretty amazing, huh? - Oh, it's wonderful. I wonder what it would be like to live there, and have servants and valets. I wonder is a way of expressing what you are thinking. It's similar to saying I think or I imagine. Nothing seems to impress her. Yeah, it's crazy. Not gems or jams or jewels. If I can't impress her, I wonder who can. I wonder what it would be like to live there, and have servants and valets. Aladdin lives in a place where he can see the Sultan's palace so he imagines what life is like with servants and valets like the Sultan has. A Sultan is a leader in some Muslim countries similar to a King in a monarchy. A valet here is a male servant that takes care of personal services for the employer. In some places, like in the US, it's quite commonly used to refer to the employees that park the customers' cars at a hotel or restaurant or a hotel employee who performs more personalized services for customers. A servant is a person who serves others. Here it refers to the employees of the palace who take care of the chores, such as cleaning, cooking, and so on. It's important to mention that calling employees servants can sound derogatory. May I have a word? Privately. This doesn't concern your servant. Oh, sure. People who tell you where to go and how to dress. All right, notice how she connects the words here. The T in to becomes a flap T and sounds like D. The duh sound. What happens is that the last E in where is silent, so when it connects with the flap T, you only hear the r sound. Where to go, where to go. This same pattern repeats in this part of the famous theme song of the movie that we saw at the beginning. No one to tell us no. Or where to go. Or say we're only dreaming. But you know what? Let's look at the full pronunciation of that part of the song. The first sentence is: A whole new world. First, you need to know that the musicality of English comes from having syllables that are fully pronounced, stressed, and others that are weakened, unstressed. In the unstressed syllables, all sounds are reduced to a schwa sound, that's mainly pronounced as [uh]. That's what happens with the A in A whole = [uh] whole. Uh whole, uh whole. You must watch this lesson that Cassie made right after this one to learn more about the schwa sound. Now, the letters W and E in the word whole are silent. This means that the word only has 3 sounds. 1 - The H that sounds like weak R in some languages. Huh, huh, huh. 2 - OU sounds like the ou in soul. 3 - And the L is a dark L so you need to roll your tongue like this. Oh, oh. A whole, a whole. Moving on, we have the word world, which is always a tricky one to get right. First, you have the W sound and you link it with the R sound. Imagine that there's no vowel in between them. W'R, like in the word were. Then, you roll your tongue for a long dark L sound LLL - w'rLLL. Finally, the tip of your tongue comes to the front of your mouth for the D sound. World, world. Putting the entire sentence together, it sounds like this: A whole new world. Uh rol new w'rllld. Repeat after me: A whole new world. Uh rol new w'rllld. The next sentence is: A new fantastic point of view. What are the two words in this part that end with the same sound? A new fantastic point of view. Did you get it? The words new and view end with the exact same sound, a long [u] sound. Ooh. Another interesting thing is that both As in fantastic have the exact same sound, an open [eh]. Now remember I told you about the schwa sound. Here we have it in the letter A again, in A new = [uh] new. But the most interesting thing is the word OF in point of view that also becomes a schwa. Then, the F is actually pronounced with a V sound. Of, of. Because of the way words are connected, we drop the T in point and connect it with OF, and the V sound connects with the V from view, so what you hear is: Point of view, point of view. Point of view. Putting it all together, it sounds like this: A new fantastic point of view. So far we have these two sentences. Repeat them after me: A whole new world. Uh rol new w'rllld. A new fantastic point of view. Uh niu fEHn-tEH-stik poi-nuh-viu. Pretty cool, isn't it? How are you doing so far? Before we continue, let us know down in the comments below if you'd like to see more pronunciation lessons like this one! The next sentence is: No one to tell us no. So, Tell and us are connected and the words to and us become a schwa as well. So, you hear: to tell us. Tuh tel -luhs. Repeat after me: Tuh tel -luhs. Finally we have: Or where to go. Or say we're only dreaming. So, we saw what happens with to go in where to go. Now, something important to pay attention to is that many people confuse the pronunciation of where and we're (we + are). They may sound similar, but they are actually not. The last E in the word where is silent so this word sounds exactly like the word wear, like in wear a jacket. Now, in the word we're, the E in we is a long one [wee]. And then, you connect it with the R sound [wee'R]. Phew! Pretty cool, isn't it? How about we try to put it all together and sing along? A whole new world. A new fantastic point of view. No one to tell us no. Or where to go. Or say we're only dreaming. How'd it go? It's pretty amazing how much easier it gets to speak and understand English when you know how natives really speak, right? Well, we were thinking exactly about that when we created the Fluent with Friends course! That's right! A course to learn English with your favorite TV series! In our PDF power lessons, we break down the pronunciation, teach you the most important vocabulary and help you understand every joke! Sounds amazing, doesn't it? Well, you can try it out now for FREE by clicking up here or down in the description below. Now, let's get back to Aladdin and Jasmine. Oh, sure. People who tell you where to go and how to dress. It's better than here. You're always scraping for food and ducking the guards. If you have seen the movie, then you know that Aladdin is poor and is always stealing so he's able to eat. Scraps refer to bits or pieces of food discarded by others. When he says he's always scraping for food, he means that the only way that he's able to have a meal is by looking around for things other people left on their plates, discarded, or threw away because they had enough or didn't want to eat. He also says that he's always ducking the guards. Now, what do you think he means by ducking the guards? He's imitating ducks to distract them so he can steal things. He moves quickly up and down while running away from them. When a person ducks, they move their body fast, like you do when boxing. Another way of saying this is to dodge or deceive. However, depending on the context, duck can be a synonym for bowing, the movement a person does with their head when greeting an authority. You look very serene. That's a curtsy, not a bow. - Sometimes you feel so... - You're just... ...trapped. Both Aladdin and Jasmine find themselves unhappy in their current living situation by saying they feel trapped. This means that they don't feel entirely free and that there's nothing to do to escape the way they currently live. Literally speaking, the word trapped is used when an animal or a person is imprisoned and can't leave a place. The perfect example is Genie being trapped inside the lamp before Aladdin set him free. How long have you been trapped in here? Bout a thousand years. A thousand years? A thousand years? Hey, what's your favorite Disney movie? Let us know down in the comments below so we can make a lesson on it. In the meantime, you can't miss out on our Disney playlist. We've done lessons on Zootopia, on Cinderella, Turning Red, and so many more! Now, into the test of what you've learned today! Whoa. Watch your head there. Be careful. - Is this where you live? - Yep. Just me and Abu. - Come and go as we please. - That sounds fabulous. If someone comes and goes as they please, they do whatever they want, whenever they want. True or False? Well, it's not much, but it's got a great view. - Wow. The palace looks pretty amazing, huh? - Oh, it's wonderful. I wonder what it would be like to live there, and have servants and valets. A valet is a person who: Serves a country similar to a king. Parks customers' cars. Performs personal services for customers. Oh, sure. People who tell you where to go and how to dress. It's better than here. You're always scraping for food and ducking the guards. Which scene is NOT a representation of ducking?
[14:17]Aboo! What? Aboo says that's not fair. Oh, did he? Yeah, of course. And does Aboo have anything else to say? Well, uh, he wishes there was something he could do to help. Tell him that's very sweet. Under the sea! Under the sea, under the sea! Under the sea, under the sea! Nobody beat us, fry us and eat us in fricassee. We what the land folks loves to cook. Under the sea we off the hook. We got no troubles. Life is the bubbles. Under the sea. Under the sea.
