Today we're going to learn some great vocabulary with Taylor Swift.

So let's get started.

First, let's watch the video.

Can you see me by the way?

Yeah.

Okay good.

Because I just was wondering, didn't you just get LASIK surgery?

I did.

How do you know that?

No, I know it's like you got LASIK surgery.

It was just a major surgery.

Yeah, but um...

He asked her two questions.

The first question, can you see me by the way?

And the second question, didn't you just get LASIK surgery?

Let's talk about LASIK surgery.

First, pronunciation.

LASIK.

The first vowel is a long A, like say and day, lay.

LASIK.

The second vowel is a short I sound, like this is.

LASIK.

LASIK surgery.

Pronunciation.

Surgery.

Use the ER sound like burger.

Sur-ger.

Both vowels.

ER.

Surgery.

And a long E at the end, like green beans.

Surgery.

Question.

Did you just get LASIK surgery?

This is a negative question.

Didn't you?

Didn't you just get LASIK surgery?

Let's listen again.

Can you see me by the way?

Uh, yeah.

Okay, good.

Because I just was wondering, didn't you just get LASIK surgery?

I did.

How do you know that?

No, I know.

It's like, you got LASIK surgery.

It was just a major surgery.

It is, yeah, but um...

LASIK surgery is surgery on your eyes to improve your vision, to help you see better.

That's why he asked a question.

Can you see me by the way?

Let's hear some more.

I did, but I don't, I don't usually tell people that.

No, it was great.

I really can see very well.

He asked another question.

He asked if she took painkillers.

What are painkillers?

Painkillers are narcotics.

They're usually opiates.

Like hydrocodone.

Hydrocodone is an opiate.

It's a narcotic and it's a painkiller.

Let's hear the question again.

I did, but I don't, I don't usually tell people that.

No, it was great.

I really can see very well.

Do you take painkillers or anything when you do that stuff?

I mean, do they give you like laughing gas or something?

They definitely give you some pretty hardcore pills after you take and have a laser in your eye.

What is going on?

He asked another question.

He asked a question.

Did they give you laughing gas or something?

What is laughing gas?

Laughing gas is what we call this.

This is nitrous oxide.

They give you nitrous oxide when you go to the dentist for the pain.

We call this laughing gas.

So he asked her if they gave her laughing gas when she had the surgery and she said they definitely give you some hardcore pills when you get a laser in your eye for surgery.

Hardcore pills.

What is hardcore?

Hardcore means extreme.

Extremely strong.

So they gave her some strong drugs, some hardcore pills, but not laughing gas.

They're pills.

Let's practice.

Did she just have LASIK surgery?

That's right, she just had LASIK surgery.

Did they give her painkillers for the surgery?

That's right, they gave her painkillers for the surgery.

Did they give her any laughing gas?

That's right, they didn't give her any laughing gas.

Did they give her some hardcore pills?

That's right, she said they gave her some hardcore pills.

Let's hear some more.

They definitely give you some pretty hardcore pills after you take and have a laser in your eye.

What is going on?

I was saying, so post-surgery, you're a little loopy, you know, you have things in your eyes, and What's happening right now?

She asked a question, what's going on?

Like, what's happening?

And he said, post-surgery, you are feeling a little loopy.

Post-surgery means after surgery.

We use post to mean after.

So post-surgery, you are a little loopy.

After surgery, she was a little loopy.

Loopy is an adjective.

It's a description.

It can mean crazy or silly.

In this case, it's the feeling you get from drugs.

When drugs make you feel weird and strange, this is loopy.

We express this feeling as loopy.

So you can say she was loopy.

You can use the action feel.

She was feeling loopy.

She was feeling loopy from the drugs they gave her, from the painkillers they gave her for the surgery.

She was feeling loopy.

Strange and weird.

Let's watch it again.

What is going on?

I was saying, so post-surgery, you're a little loopy, you know, you have things in your eyes, and What's happening right now?

Your mom may or may not have videotaped you after surgery.

And she gave us the video.

He said your mom may or may not have videotaped you after surgery.

Videotape.

Videotape is old technology, but we still use the words.

Here, it's used as a verb.

Your mom videotaped in the past.

Videotaped.

Her mom videotaped her after the surgery when she was feeling loopy, when she was on the drugs.

Let's listen.

Your mom may or may not have videotaped you after surgery.

And she gave us the video.

For the television?

This is a world premiere, you gotta check this out.

He said this is a world premiere.

A world premiere is the first time the world sees something.

This is a world premiere.

He said this is a world premiere.

You gotta check this out.

You gotta check this out.

Gotta.

You gotta is you have got to.

You can say you've, contraction, you've got to, pronunciation, gotta.

You've gotta.

But in America, we make this mistake and we don't pronounce the v sound.

So we just say you gotta.

You gotta check this out.

You have to check this out.

This is Taylor Swift post-surgery.

You're like freaking out over a banana.

Anyway, here's Taylor at home after her LASIK surgery, videotaped by her mom.

Take a look at this, it's real.

He said you're really freaking out about a banana.

Freak out.

In a continuous form, freaking out.

Freak out means to panic.

It's a verb.

So she's panicking about a banana.

Let's watch and see what they're talking about.

That wasn't the one I wanted.

Stop, you can't cry.

That's not supposed to be what you're doing.

I tried to get this one.

Okay, let me get the other one for you.

Okay, here we go.

But what do we do with this now?

I'll leave it.

I'll leave it.

It's mine.

But it doesn't have a head.

Honey, it's fine.

I don't need a head.

Okay, I'm fine.

Don't.

You don't want to cry.

That's not what you want to do.

There's no time for this.

Go your way.

Don't fall asleep eating a banana, okay?

I'm not asleep.

My mind is alive.

Okay.

Don't be mad.

Don't be mad.

Don't be mad at me.

Don't be mad at me.

I made some calls.

That's on television.

He said, don't be mad at me.

Don't be mad at me.

So remember, you can use mad the same as angry.

But you have to use the preposition at.

Mad at.

Don't be mad at me.

She's not mad at him.

I don't think she's mad at him.

What do you think?

Is she mad at him?

That's right.

She's not mad at him.

He goes, this one doesn't have a head.

What are we going to do with it?

Me and your mom have stayed in touch.

Wait.

She was kind enough to drive me there, but cruel enough to film it and give it to you?

Yes.

That's what a good mom does.

I love you, mom.

What did she say about her mother?

She said, she was kind enough to drive her there, but cruel enough to film it and give it to him.

She was kind enough to drive her to the dentist.

Remember, kind means nice.

So she was nice enough to drive her to the dentist, but she was cruel enough to film it and give the tape to him.

Remember, cruel is similar to mean.

She was mean enough to film it.

She was cruel enough to film it.

Here, film is a verb.

It means to make a videotape.

It means to make a video.

Film is a verb.

She was cruel enough to film it.

Let's watch it again.

Can you see me, by the way?

Uh, yeah.

Okay, good.

Didn't you just get LASIK surgery?

I did.

How do you know that?

No, I know.

It's like, you got LASIK surgery.

It was just a major surgery.

Yeah, but, um...

I did, but I don't usually tell people that.

You can see me perfectly.

I just want to make sure.

No, it was great.

I really can see very well.

Do you take painkillers or anything when you do that stuff?

I mean, do they give you, like, laughing gas or something?

They definitely give you some pretty hardcore pills after you have a laser in your eye.

What is going on?

I was saying, so, post-surgery, you're a little loopy.

You have things in your eyes.

What's happening right now?

Your mom may or may not have videotaped you after surgery.

And she gave us the video.

For the television?

Wait.

This is a world premiere.

You got to check this out.

This is Taylor Swift post-surgery.

You were, like, freaking out over a banana.

Anyway, here's Taylor at home after her LASIK surgery.

Videotaped by her mom.

Take a look at this.

It's real.

Okay, so...

She found a snack.

It wasn't the one I wanted.

Stop.

You can't cry.

That's not supposed to be what you're doing.

I'll try to get this one.

Let me get the other one for you.