Learn English with WAR OF THE WORLDS — Film with TOM CRUISE

Summary

这段视频脚本以一种引人入胜的方式介绍了如何通过观看电影片段来学习英语。观众首先观看带有字幕的片段，然后学习片段中的关键词汇、语法和发音。最后，观众有机会再次观看片段，这次不带字幕，以测试他们的听力技能。视频以汤姆·克鲁斯主演的电影《世界大战》为例，分析了电影中的对话，并提供了实用的英语学习技巧，如使用非正式表达、理解连音现象和掌握超级级形式。此外，视频还邀请观众下载一个应用程序来练习所学内容，并通过评论分享他们的学习心得。

Takeaways

• 👽 故事背景：外星人入侵地球，主人公雷带着两个孩子逃离外星侵略者。
• 🎬 电影风格：描述为一部紧张刺激的冒险片，主题是生存与保护。
• 📚 学习方法：通过观看带字幕的视频片段，学习词汇、语法和发音，最后无字幕测试听力。
• 🗣️ 口语表达：'You're welcome to stay' 是一种非正式的邀请方式。
• 🇮🇪 方言差异：'You're some' 在爱尔兰和苏格兰部分地区使用，表示 'you'。
• 🏃‍♂️ 口语连读：'going to' 常简化为 'gonna'，'going get some sleep' 连读为 'gonna get some sleep'。
• 🥴 表达理解：'beat' 用于形容极度疲惫或受打击的状态。
• 📅 非正式表达：'a couple of days' 表示短暂的时间，通常指两天。
• 🚶‍♂️ 比喻用法：'walked right over us' 形容被轻视或忽略。
• 🐛 隐喻比喻：'war between men and maggots' 将人类比作无力反抗的蛆虫，外星侵略者则是消灭者。
• 🎥 导演风格：汤姆·克鲁斯描述与斯皮尔伯格合作是充满创意和灵感的过程，而非机械式的工作。

Q & A

电影中Tom Cruise扮演的角色Ray面临的主要问题是什么？

Ray面临的主要问题是奇异的外星人攻击地球并开始破坏一切，他需要带着他的两个孩子逃离这些外星入侵者。

在电影中，Harenogi提供给Ray和他女儿的避难所有什么特点？

Harenogi提供给Ray和他女儿的避难所有足够的水和食物，可以维持几周的生活。

电影中的外星人是如何被描述的？

Outlines

00:00

👽 外星人入侵与生存挑战

段落1介绍了一个假设的情景，外星人突然入侵地球并开始破坏一切。视频中的主角雷（由汤姆·克鲁斯饰演）是一个普通人，面临着带领两个孩子逃离外星侵略者的挑战。视频还提到了学习英语的方法，包括观看带字幕的视频片段，学习重要的词汇、语法和发音，并在最后无字幕重看视频以测试听力技能。

05:02

📚 电影中的英语表达与学习

段落2聚焦于电影中的英语表达和学习。通过分析电影《世界大战》中的对话，讲解了一些常用的口语表达，如'saying use'和'going to'的简化形式。同时，介绍了如何通过连接语音和理解非正式表达来提高英语听力和口语能力。此外，还提到了如何通过应用程序来辅助学习，并鼓励观众订阅频道以便不错过新的视频内容。

10:03

📖 经典作品与电影制作背后的故事

段落3讲述了《世界大战》这部作品的历史背景，它最初是由H.G. Wells所著的小说，后被改编成多种形式。特别提到了1930年代的一次广播剧改编，以及汤姆·克鲁斯与史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格合作拍摄电影的经历。克鲁斯称赞斯皮尔伯格是电影史上最伟大的故事讲述者，并且描述了与他合作的体验，强调了创造性和灵感的重要性。

15:03

🎬 电影拍摄经历与超級形容词的使用

段落4继续讨论了汤姆·克鲁斯与史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格合作的电影拍摄经历，强调了斯皮尔伯格的独特导演风格和电影制作过程中的灵感。同时，本段还教授了超级形容词的用法，通过克鲁斯的话语展示了如何在描述中使用最高级形式，如'the fastest'和'the largest'。此外，还提到了如何通过应用程序来练习和巩固所学的英语知识。

20:04

🌟 学习要点与激励学习

段落5总结了视频中学习英语的关键要点，并鼓励观众分享他们从课程中学到的东西。通过提问，促使观众回顾和总结学到的内容。此外，还提到了避免在学习中变得自满的重要性，鼓励观众持续努力，不断挑战自我，以便取得进步。最后，视频以鼓励观众点赞、分享和订阅频道作为结束。

Keywords

💡外星人

外星人是指来自地球以外其他星球的生命体。在视频中，外星人是故事的主要敌对力量，他们使用高科技武器攻击地球，造成大规模的破坏和恐慌。

💡生存

生存是指在困难或危险的环境中继续活着的能力。在视频中，人们面临着外星人的入侵，他们必须找到方法来保护自己和家人，以求生存。

💡激光

激光是一种高度集中的光束，通常用于切割、焊接或作为武器。在视频中，外星人使用激光武器蒸发人类，展示了他们的高科技和毁灭性能力。

💡避难所

避难所是指在危险或灾难时提供安全保护的地方。在视频中，一个幸存者提供避难所给主角和他的女儿，以躲避外星人的追捕。

💡语言学习

语言学习是指通过教育和实践来掌握一种新语言的过程。视频通过观看电影片段、学习词汇、语法和发音，来帮助观众提高英语水平。

💡连读

连读是指在口语中，为了发音的流畅性，将单词的发音连接在一起的现象。视频中讲解了如何通过连读来改善英语口语的自然度，例如'right under our feet'中的't'发音。

💡超级形容词

超级形容词是用来表示某个事物在某方面达到了最高程度的形容词。在视频中，超级形容词如'fastest'和'largest'用来描述电影的制作速度和规模。

💡电影制作

电影制作是指创作和生产电影的整个过程，包括前期制作、拍摄、后期制作等。视频中提到了与斯皮尔伯格合作的电影制作经历，强调了创意和灵感的重要性。

💡战争

战争是指国家或群体之间的武装冲突。在视频中，外星人的入侵被描述为一场战争，但角色们意识到这不仅仅是战争，而是一场旨在消灭人类的灭绝行动。

💡文化差异

文化差异指的是不同文化背景下人们的行为、信仰和交流方式的差异。视频中提到了'you're welcome to stay'这种表达方式，在某些英语方言中是常见的，但在正式场合可能不适宜。

💡语言习得

语言习得是指通过接触和使用语言而自然掌握语言能力的过程。视频中通过观看电影片段和学习相关词汇、语法，来帮助观众在实际情境中学习英语。

Highlights

介绍一种通过观看电影片段学习英语的方法，包括观看带字幕的视频、学习重要词汇、语法和发音，以及无字幕重看视频测试听力技能。

汤姆·克鲁斯在电影中饰演雷，一个普通人面临外星人攻击地球的非凡问题。

电影中的外星人使用激光武器，能够将人蒸发成无。

雷需要带领他的两个孩子逃离外星侵略者。

电影《世界大战》被描述为一部紧张的冒险片，主角试图在外星人入侵中生存并保护孩子。

通过与幸存者哈伦·奥吉的对话，揭示了外星人的长期计划和人类的无助。

影片中的语言表达，如“use”和“going to”的非正式用法，展示了角色之间的非正式交流。

影片中的“right under our feet”和“beat to please”等表达，展示了角色的紧张和绝望情绪。

“a couple of days”这一表达用于描述短暂的时间跨度，通常指两天。

影片中的“walked right over us”形象地描述了外星人对人类的轻视和摧毁。

“extermination”一词在影片中用于形容外星人对人类的彻底消灭。

汤姆·克鲁斯在采访中谈到与史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格合作的独特体验，强调其创意和灵感的迸发。

影片中的语言表达，如“on the moment”，展示了角色在紧张情境下的即兴反应。

通过影片中的对话，学习了如何使用超级级形容词，如“the fastest”和“the largest”。

影片中的“what a rush”表达了经历令人兴奋的情况后的感受。

影片中的“being complacent”表达了人们在舒适区中变得懒惰和放松警惕的状态。

介绍了通过应用程序学习英语的方法，可以观看课程视频并激活专属的英语单词卡片进行练习。

H.G. Wells的小说《世界大战》在1898年出版，并在1930年代首次被改编为广播剧。

汤姆·克鲁斯在电影中使用了“slip of the tongue”来描述即使母语者有时也会在说话时犯错。

Transcripts

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imagine this you're living your life

just having a normal day but then

suddenly aliens come down from the sky

and start destroying everything ins

sight they have lasers that evaporate

people into nothing crazy right

well that's exactly what one of the

worlds is

about get ready for a roller coaster of

a story where people are just trying to

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Tom Cruz plays Ray a regular guy facing

an extraordinary problem when strange

aliens attack Earth and start destroying

everything in their way Ray needs to

take his two children and escape from

the Extraterrestrial

Invaders the movie is is like a really

intense Adventure where Ry tries to

survive and keep his kids safe next

let's watch a clip when Ry meets a

Survivor named Haren ogi who offers him

and his daughter a place to hide from

the

aliens

harl refere I got

water food enough for weeks

you're welcome to stay both of

you

sorry I get some

sleep those machines

those tripods they

got they buried

them right under our

feet since before there there were even

people

here they've been planning this for a

million

years we're beat to please my

daughter think about

it they defeated the greatest power in

the world in a couple

days walked right over us and these are

only the first they'll keep

coming this is not a war any more than

there's a war between men and

maggots this is an

extermination

[Music]

I got

water food enough for

weeks you're welcome to stay both you

saying use is an informal colloquial way

of saying you it's generally not

considered appropriate for formal or

professional settings and may even be

considered an educated speech in those

contexts however it can be perfectly

acceptable and even expected in casual

conversations among friends or in

certain cultural contexts it's also

important to point out that use is

primarily used in some dialects of

English particularly in Ireland parts of

Scotland Australia and certain regions

of the United States I know it is what

are you guys looking at go back to work

all of

is

oh oh to we need to talk these huh

what do you

want I get some sleep so we have a going

to sentence here a typical reduction for

going to is G I'm gone but here in the

movie we actually hear it even more

reduced Tom Cruz's character says amam

amam all right and then the T forget

becomes G it's a stop tea or stop

consant that we have there get get so

putting it together we have I'm going to

get I'm going to get some

sleep going to get some

sleep they buried

him right under our feet right under our

feet

let's study the connected speech so

right under the T for right becomes a

flap sound which joins with under the

vowel U so right under right under all

right and then our feet the T for feet

is not really fully pronounced this is a

stop T again so I say feet feet right

under our feet right under our feet

right under I

Fe they've been planning this for a

million

years or beat please if you feel

beat you feel extremely tired or

exhausted but in this context the phrase

we're beat to is used to emphasize

how the characters are extremely

exhausted and emotionally affected

because they have been trying to defend

themselves against the

aliens I thought dogs was going to be an

ny way to make money I was half R you

look all beat the

yeah they defeated the greatest power in

the world in a couple

days this phases an informal way of

expressing a short duration of time

typically referring to two days it's

commonly used in casual conversation to

express the idea of a brief period often

without specifying exact dates or times

for example I'll be away for a couple

days indicates that the speaker will be

absent for approximately 2 Days in the

movie AGI is referring to the United

States military as the greatest power in

the world and how the aliens have

defeated it in only two days what's also

interesting is that the character says a

couple days instead of a couple of days

which makes it sound even more informal

again I'm sorry if I caused you any

trouble oh no you didn't cause me any

trouble you got me home and uh a little

late couple days what no I'm supposed to

go to the Grove with my friends oh

really how long you been planning that a

couple days oh yeah I've been planning

this for a couple of months girl they

defeated the greatest power in the world

in a couple

days walked right over us if you walk

right over someone you act in a way that

that shows that you consider the other

person to be insignificant or Irrelevant

for example during the meeting the

manager walked right over us and made

decisions without consulting our

team but in this context since the story

is about aliens destroying humankind

this expression can be understood more

literally it's like the aliens with

their tripods are literally walking over

people and cities and destroying

everything

inide but this expression actually

reminds me of another expression to walk

all over someone if you walk all over

someone you take advantage of that

person's kindness and generosity you

don't treat the other person with

dignity and respect oh give it up your

band has never made two sents py come on

I'm on this oh you're on this you're on

this he's walking all over you mommy

could we please talk about this

later this is not a war anymore than

there a war between men and maggots

this is an

extermination in its literal sense

maggots are the larvae of flies often

found in decaying organic matter in this

context the word maggots is used

metaphorically to refer to a group of

individuals considered inferior

insignificant or powerless compared to

another group in this case the aliens

would be considered the Superior Group

while humans are the maggots who get

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the way did you know that War of the

Worlds is actually a novel written by HG

Wells the book was published in

1898 and in the 1930s there was the

first adaptation of the book to audio

format which played on the radio this ad

adaptation was done by Orson Wells let

me read a bit of that adaptation for you

we now know that in the early years of

the 20th century this world was being

watched closely by intelligences greater

than man's and yet as mortal as his own

we know now that as human beings busy

themselves about their various concerns

pretty cool isn't it now let's watch a

clip from an interview where Tom Cruz is

talking about working with Steven

Spielberg on this movie

what makes

working with Mr Spielberg different from

other directors now Mr Spielberg is that

your dad that's that's my dad what makes

working for my dad different than

working for other dads and what do you

take away from your experience working

with him well now I'm going to really uh

embarrass

Stephen but uh I'm actually GNA I really

don't care because the truth is is that

what everyone knows is that stepen

sperberg is the greatest uh Storyteller

Cinema has ever known every director is

is very different but I can just tell

you what it's like working with Steven

Spielberg which is it is a creative

combustion it's not an analytical it's

not a a a mechanical process it's it's

uh an inspired process and something

that just happens on the moment although

this was the fastest pre-production and

the scale of this film is the largest

scale that that I I have ever been a

part of and uh I've proded produced and

acted in big films but with Steven I

never felt

rushed and what do you take away from

your experience working with him and

what do you take away from your

experience working with him is the same

as and what do you take with you or

extract from that experience a takeaway

is exactly something that you take or

extract from an experience a movie a

book a podcast anything that you

experience or assume in my case for

example I always ask my students this at

the end of our lessons together I

usually ask them okay guys we're done

with the class what is your takeaway

from today in other words what is one

big idea that you take with you from the

session and what do you take away from

your experience working with him well

now I'm going to really uh embarrass

Stephen when you embarrass someone you

make that person feel shy or

uncomfortable especially in public

but here Tom Cruz is saying that he's

going to embarrass stevenh because Tom

Cruz is about to say a lot of positive

things great things about Spielberg and

spiber might be a little bit

uncomfortable with all this

praise but uh I'm actually going to I

Really Don't Care Tom Cruz does

something interesting with the word but

here notice that he joins butt with the

schw sound up the schw sound up is the

rting sound we make when we are thinking

about what we're going to say next so

this is very common some natives do that

a lot they go but uh but uh as a way to

give them those two three seconds to

think before continue

speaking but uh I'm actually going to I

really don't care because the truth is

is that what everyone knows is that

Steven sperberg is the greatest uh

Storyteller Cinema has ever known what

everyone knows the T for what again

becomes a flap T sound which is joined

with the vow e for everyone so what what

everyone what everyone

knows but uh I'm actually going to I

really don't care because the truth is

is that what everyone knows is that step

sperberg is the greatest uh Storyteller

Cinema has ever known this is a great

use of superlative with a present

perfect sentence this is really common

usually we use a superlative sentence

for example this is the greatest movie

or this is the best book and at the end

of that sentence we use a present

perfect Clause with have ever so this is

the greatest movie I have ever seen or

this is the best book I have ever read

it's like in my life all right so wiom

Cruz says that Steven Spielberg is the

greatest Storyteller Cinema has ever

known that's what he means that there's

nobody in the history of Cinema that is

as great of a Storyteller as Steven

Spielberg what everyone knows is that

Steven Spielberg is the greatest uh

Storyteller Cinema has ever known every

director is is very different but I can

just tell you what it's like working

with Steven Spielberg notice that Tom

Cruz doesn't say different but the T

again here has a stop sound it's a stop

consonant he goes different

different every director is is very

different but I can just tell you what

it's like working with Steven Spielberg

this is a great phrase what it's like or

what is it like if you want to ask a

question we tend to think about how

first right we tend to say how is

working with stepen Spielberg but a more

natural colloquial way to ask this is by

using what is it like it's uh an

inspired process and something that just

happens on the moment just happens on

the moment so just here has the T

dropped I say just just and then just

happens just happens the ask for happens

has a z sound so I join that ZZ sound

with the on preposition happens on

happens on just happens on just happens

on the moment it's uh an inspired

process and something that just happens

on the moment when I heard Tom Cruz

saying this I thought it was a bit weird

though because we usually say in the

moment or at the moment but here he's

saying on the moment this is possibly a

slip of the tongue a slip of the tongue

is when you know the right way to say

something but because you are nervous or

you are thinking about something else or

you are not uh really paying attention

so much to what you're saying you might

have these slips of the tongue when you

speak something not 100% correctly

because you are distracted or not really

focusing on the language you are using

this goes to show that even natives

sometimes make mistakes so think about

that although this was the fastest

pre-production and the scale of this

film is the largest scale that that I I

have ever been a part of all right here

we have examples of superlative in

English Tom Cruz says the fastest and

the largest do you remember the rules

the rules are really simple for one

syllable words or smaller words we tend

to add EST so large becomes largest the

largest and fast becomes the fastest now

if you have a word that is a little bit

bigger like two three or more syllables

then we say the most the opposite of the

most would be the least the least

beautiful the least dangerous and of

course remember the purpose of the

superlative a superlative sentence is

not really comparing two people or three

things you are picking one person or one

thing and putting that on top of

everyone else

so this is the largest movie there isn't

any other movie that compares to this

one or this is the fastest production

there isn't any other production that

compares to this one so superlative is

not really comparative remember this

although this was the fastest

pre-production and the scale of this

film is the largest scale that that I I

have ever been a part of or connected

speech I have ever been a part of so he

says I have ever I have ever Ben Ben so

the N for Ben joins with the vowel a Ben

and the a here has a schw sound uh Ben

Ben Ben a part of the T for part again

flap sound which joins with of part of

part of and the vowel o for of also has

a schw sound uhuh so part of part of of

so I have ever been a part of I have

ever been a part of and uh I've produced

and acted in big films but with stevenh

I never felt rushed when you feel rushed

to do something you feel pressured

because you don't have much time and you

feel like you have to finish that thing

quickly that's usually not a good

feeling to have now this actually

reminds me of a nice expression what a

rush if you say what a rush you mean

that you have just experienced an

exciting situation something that made

you feel really good and that elevated

your dopamine levels and then you could

say what a rush all right so now it's

time to watch the scenes again and test

your listening skills I have also

prepared some questions for you to

answer and let's see how you

do they buried

him right under our

feet since before there there were even

people

here they've been planning this for a

million

years we beat to please don't think

about

it what is the literal meaning of the

phrase I'm beat I'm really angry I'm

really tired I'm really

scared

they defeated the greatest power in the

world in a couple days walked right over

us these are only the first they'll keep

coming this is not a war anymore than

there a war between men and

maggots this is an

extermination which image shows

maggots but uh I'm actually going to I

really don't care because the truth is

is that what everyone knows is that step

sperberg is the greatest uh Storyteller

Cinema has ever known every director is

is very different but I can just tell

you what it's like working with stepen

Spielberg which is it is a creative

combustion it's not an analytical it's

not a a ride the correct superlative

form of the following

adjectives slow expensive

far the slowest the most expensive the

farthest or the

furthest all right great job guys but

now I have a question for you what is

your takeway from this lesson what is

that one thing that you extracted from

today's lesson share or takeaway here

under the video in the comment section

because I'm curious to see them all

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out this next lesson bye-bye it's really

easy to become complacent imagine you

have a friend who's been doing well in

their job or life and they're feeling

pretty comfortable with where they are

being complacent is like when you get so

comfortable that you become a bit lazy

or too relaxed it's when you're stop

trying to improve or challenge yourself

because you're satisfied with how things

are