Really?

Mm-hmm.

Follow me.

What are you doing?

And there.

Perfect.

This is the circle of sadness.

Your job is to make sure that all the sadness stays inside of it.

So you want me to just stand here?

Hey, it's not my place to tell you how to do your job.

Just make sure that all the sadness stays in the circle.

See?

You're a pro at this.

Isn't this fun?

No.

Atta girl.

Atta girl is an informal expression used to express encouragement, approval, or admiration to a woman or girl.

It's similar in meaning to phrases like, good job, way to go, or keep it up.

If you're talking to a boy, you could also say, atta boy.

As you saw in the clip, those were joy and sadness, two of the emotions working inside a little girl's mind called Riley.

It's Riley's first day at school, and Joy wants to make sure nothing bad happens.

Will sadness be able to stay within that circle and not cause any trouble?

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First day of school, very, very exciting.

I was up late last night figuring out a new plan.

Here it is.

Fear.

I need a list of all the possible negative outcomes on the first day at a new school.

Way ahead of you there.

Does anyone know how to spell meteor?

Disgust.

Make sure Riley stands out today, but also blends in.

When I'm through, Riley will look so good, the other kids will look at their own outfits and bark.

Joy.

Yes, Joy?

You'll be in charge of the console, keeping Riley happy all day long.

And may I add, I love your dress.

It's adorable.

Oh, this old thing?

Thank you so much.

I love the way it curls.

Train of thought.

Right on schedule.

Anger.

Unload the daydreams.

I ordered extra in case things get slow in class.

Might come in handy, if this new school is full of boring, useless classes, which it probably will be.

I was up late last night figuring out a new plan.

Remember, it's Riley's first day at a new school.

Imagine staying awake past your bedtime.

Maybe thinking about something exciting or worrying about something scary.

That's what to be up late means here.

Check out this example.

Children, I didn't get much sleep last night because I was up late again lamenting the choices I've made.

Like solving a puzzle or having a big idea, figuring out means understanding something or coming up with a plan.

Joy and the other emotions are buzzing with activity, trying to be prepared for anything that may happen.

Joy, in particular, stayed up late coming up with or creating a plan.

I need a list of all the possible negative outcomes on the first day at a new school.

These are fear's specialty.

Fear loves thinking about these.

Negative outcomes are not so good things that could happen.

Like maybe forgetting your lunch on the first day of school, tripping in the cafeteria, accidentally saying something weird or not making any friends.

An outcome is a result.

Here's an example.

This shows how fear and joy, despite their differences, work together.

Fear already prepared a list ready to share his pessimistic predictions with Joy, who tried to keep things positive.

The phrase, way ahead of you there, means the same as, don't even worry,

I've already got that covered.

Fear was so busy thinking about negative outcomes, he was even ahead of what Joy asked him to do.

By the way, this is a great phrase to practice connected speech.

So here we have, notice that the A for ahead has a schwa sound, so I say way-a and then ahead.

The D for ahead has a flap sound, which connects with the preposition of, which then is reduced to a schwa sound, so we say way-a-head-a.

And then the word you is reduced to ya here, so we say way-a-head-a-ya.

Disgust's job has to do with balancing two things,

Riley looking attractive and making a good impression, in other words, standing out, and not being too different from the other kids, in other words, blending in.

Imagine being noticed for wearing cool clothes or saying something funny.

Standing out means being different and catching people's attention in a positive way.

That's right, you gotta have a trademark.

Gotta stand out.

Blending in is the opposite of standing out.

It's like wearing comfy clothes and not wanting anyone to look at you or notice you.

Try not to look like a country bug.

Blend. Blend in.

When I'm through, Riley will look so good, the other kids will look at their own outfits and barf.

Disgust has a plan and will make Riley look super cool soon, so we can understand that Disgust is confident about her fashion skills.

She promises to work her magic on Riley's outfit, making her look cool and presentable for the new school.

When I'm through, it's just like saying when I'm finished.

Your outfits are your clothes, like your shirt, pants, and shoes.

Disgust is talking about making Riley's outfits look good.

To barf is an informal way to say to vomit or to throw up.

Don't stop, Newhouse. You're so close.

I gotta barf!

Where's the bathroom?

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Imagine a control panel like a spaceship.

That's kind of like the console in Riley's mind.

Think of it as Riley's emotional control center.

Joy sits there monitoring her feelings and trying to keep her happy and upbeat throughout the day.

You can also use the word console when talking about video games.

A video game console is the actual device you use to play video games like PlayStation and Xbox.

This old thing is a funny way of being humble, even when something you have is awesome.

Imagine yourself pretending to be Riley, acting like it's no big deal that she has a cool dress.

Ride on schedule means ride on time.

This means the train has just arrived at the time it was expected to arrive.

Just like a train arriving at the perfect time, this means Anger's daydreams are ready to go when needed.

If school gets boring, he's got some fun stuff for Riley to imagine.

The phrases ride on schedule and ride on time are good examples of collocations in English.

A collocation is a group of words that are often used together by native speakers in everyday conversation.

By the way, a great free website you can use for collocations is freecollocation.com

Simply type in a word and the dictionary gives you other words that go together or collocate with that word you searched for.

Anger hopes his daydreams will be helpful if school gets dull or boring.

When something comes in handy, it's useful and helps you out.

Almost finished with the potential disasters where a scenario is either quicksand, spontaneous combustion, or getting called on by the teacher.

So as long as none of those happen...

Okay, everybody, we have a new student in class today.

Are you kidding me?

Out of the gate?

This is not happening!

Riley, would you like to tell us something about yourself?

No!

Pretend we can't speak English.

Don't worry, I got this.

Uh, okay.

Hi, my name is Riley Anderson.

I'm from Minnesota and now I live here.

And how about Minnesota?

Can you tell us something about it?

Well, you certainly get a lot more snow than we do.

She's hilarious.

Yeah, it gets pretty cold.

The lake freezes over and that's when we play hockey.

I'm on a great team. We're called the Prairie Dogs.

My friend Meg plays forward and my dad's a coach.

Pretty much everyone in my family skates.

The worst scenario is either quicksand, spontaneous combustion, or getting called on by the teacher.

Imagine walking and then sinking slowly into the ground until you're stuck.

That's quicksand.

In this scene, we could also understand this word in a more figurative way, symbolizing the fear of feeling helpless or out of control in a new situation, such as going to a new school.

Remember how teachers used to ask questions to a specific student in class?

This is an example of being called on by someone.

If somebody calls on you during a class or a meeting, you are actively invited to share something or to speak.

Fear worries about Riley feeling exposed in front of others.

None means not any or not even one.

For example, none of the books were cheap.

None of the students finished the test early.

You should also know the difference between none and neither.

Neither is like none, but for only two options.

It's like choosing between red and blue, but deciding on neither.

Here's the key difference.

None works for three or more options.

Neither only works for two options.

For example,

I could only choose pink, purple, and green.

None of those colors appeal to me.

Notice that in this example

I have three options.

Pink, purple, and green.

So I say none of them or none of those colors.

There were only two books available to rent.

A romance novel and a young adult novel.

Neither of them were interesting to me.

Notice that here I only have two options.

A romance novel and a young adult novel. That's why I say neither of them.

Are you kidding me? Out of the gate?

This is not happening!

When Fierce says out of the gate, we can feel his surprise and shock.

He didn't expect Riley to be called on so soon, right at the beginning of her new school experience.

We could understand the phrase out of the gate as something that happens right from the beginning.

In the scene, the class had barely started and the teacher was already asking Riley to speak in front of the class.

In other words, the teacher asked Riley out of the gate to speak in front of the class.

Pretend we can't speak English!

Pretend means to act as if something is true when it's not.

Fierce thinks Riley should pretend not to speak English to avoid being called on.

By the way, I often see students confusing these two words.

Pretend and intend. As I just said, to pretend means to act as if something is true when it's not.

Intend, on the other hand, means to have a plan or purpose.

For example, I intend to finish my marketing course next year. In other words,

I plan to finish my marketing course next year.

Notice the connected speech here.

I'm on a great team.

So, I am is reduced to

I'm, that's the abbreviation, and then we join that with the preposition on.

I'm on.

We also connect the end for on with the article