My name is Russell, and I am a wilderness explorer in Tribe 54, Sweat Lodge 12.

Are you in need of any assistance today, sir?

No.

I could help you cross the street.

No.

I could help you cross your yard.

No.

I could help you cross your porch.

No.

Well, I gotta help you cross something.

Uh, no, I'm doing fine.

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Good afternoon.

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See these?

These are my wilderness explorer badges.

You may notice one is missing.

It's my assisting the elderly badge.

If I get it, I will become a senior wilderness explorer.

There's a big ceremony, and all the dads come, and they pin on our badges.

So, you want to assist an old person?

Yep.

Then I'll be a senior wilderness explorer.

You ever heard of a snipe?

Snipe?

Bird.

Beaty eyes.

Every night it sneaks in my yard and gobbles my poor Aselius.

I'm elderly and infirm.

I can't catch it.

If only someone could help me.

Me, me! I'll do it!

Oh, I don't know.

It's awfully crafty.

You'd have to clap your hands three times to lure it in.

I'll find it, Mr. Fredrickson!

I think it's burrows two blocks down.

Two blocks down, got it!

Snipe!

Here, snipey, snipey!

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Good afternoon.

My name is Russell, and I am a wilderness explorer in tribe 54.

Sweat lodge 12.

So, Russell is a member of Wilderness Explorers.

Now, wilderness, like in the name of this organization, refers to an area in the wild, like a forest or the mountains.

This is actually a fictional version of Boy and Girl Scouts of America, a youth program where kids can learn skills and also earn badges for their achievements.

This is super common for young people in the United States to participate in.

In fact, I was a Boy Scout myself.

I remember learning how to whittle a stick into a spear, build a fire, and even go on some really fun camping trips.

Just like Russell, Boy and Girl Scouts aspire to achieve different badges for their accomplishments.

So here, we can see Russell is asking if the old man is in need of any assistance.

That's a formal way to ask if you need any help.

I could help you cross your yard?

No.

I could help you cross your porch?

No.

In the USA, it's culturally thought of as honorable to help an older person cross the street to ensure they safely get to the other side.

However, it's quite funny that Russell is so focused on helping Carl cross something, as if there were no other way to help him.

Even offering to help him cross his small porch, a small raised area at the entrance to a house.

It's like a little outdoor space where you can sit and relax.

Well, I gotta help you cross something.

No, I'm doing fine.

See these?

These are my Wilderness Explorer badges.

We see Russell in his full uniform.

Now, let's practice connected speech with this next sentence.

You may notice one is missing.

The T sound from notice is between two vowels.

So, it becomes a tap T, D sound.

Notice.

Then, the N sound from one is linked to the following word.

One is.

Also, try to reproduce the rhythm of this sentence.

He stresses the word you, notice, one, and missing.

Listen again and repeat.

You may notice one is missing.

You may notice one is missing.

This is my Assisting the Elderly badge.

If I get it, I'll become a Senior Wilderness Explorer.

For Extreme Mountaineering Lore, congratulations, Jimmy.

For Wild Animal Defensive Arts, congratulations, Brandon.

For Assisting the Elderly, uh, Russell?

Is there someone that, uh...

Excuse me. Pardon me.

Old man coming through.

I'm here for him.

Congratulations, Russell. Sir?

Russell, for Assisting the Elderly, and for performing above and beyond the call of duty,

I would like to award you the highest honor I can bestow.

The Ellie badge.

Wow.

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So, hope to see you there.

Yep, then I'll be a senior wilderness explorer.

You ever heard of a snipe?

Snipe?

Bird. Beady eyes.

Gobble up means to eat something quickly and greedily.

Did you notice how Carl dropped the question word at the beginning of the sentence?

Listen again.

You ever heard of a snipe?

Can you tell me which word should be put there?

Do, did, have, had.

It is have.

Have you ever heard of something?

That is the present perfect tense which we use to talk about experiences in someone's life up to the moment of speaking.

Natives often drop auxiliary words like this in informal speech.

In other words, he's not physically strong due to his old age.

Ow!

And what is that supposed to be?

I'm just a frightened old man.

Don't listen to him!

These ogres are crafty.

That is your father painted green.

No, it's Shrek!

Honest!

Ow!

Take them away!

You'll have to clap your hands three times to lure it in.

I'll find them, Mr. Fredrickson!

Obviously, clapping three times will do nothing to attract a bird.

So, it might be appropriate to say that Carl is sending Russell on a wild goose chase.

This is a meaningless search for something that is difficult or impossible to find.

It often involves a lot of effort without any meaningful result.

This is a wild goose chase. There's no one in the car.

Open the trunk.

Well, Albie, I solved a case.

There's nothing but musical instruments in here.

I'm telling you, we're on a wild goose chase.

Believe me.

What's the matter?

Did you hear that?

I thought I heard something.

Oh, come on, come on.

Let's get out of here.

I think its burrow is two blocks down.

That's how Carl got rid of Russell on their first encounter.

In the next scene, we'll see him flying away in his house.

This house isn't just a house to him.

It's full of memories of his wife, Ellie, and their life together.

They shared many dreams, including their big goal of one day traveling to Paradise Falls.

In fact, many regard the beginning of Up, where we see Carl and Ellie's life together, to be one of the most emotional scenes of any Pixar movie.

After Ellie passed away, the house became his way of holding on to her and everything they built together.

And so, he embarks on their dream journey together with his house.

However, Russell has unintentionally stowed away, hidden himself, in the house and gets dragged along.

Look at this stuff.

Wow, you're going on a trip?

Paradise Falls, a land lost in time.

You're going to South America, Mr. Frederick?

Don't touch that! You'll soil it!

You know, most people take a plane.

But you're smart, because you have all your TV and clocks and stuff.

Whoa, is this how you steer your house?

Huh?

Does it really work?

Oh, this makes it go right, and that one left.

Hey look, buildings!

That building's so close, I can almost touch it.

Wow, this is great!

You should try this, Mr. Fredrickson.

Look, there's a bus that could take me home two blocks away.

Hey!

I've never been in a floating house before.

When you see a balloon rising in the air, it floats.

So, a flying house can also be called a floating house.

When something is floating, it stays on the surface of water or in the air without sinking or falling.

Goggles. Look at this stuff.

Russell sees a photo of young Ellie wearing goggles.

Goggles are a type of special glasses that protect your eyes.

Pilots, scientists, or swimmers would usually wear goggles.

Russell then sees an open atlas with a picture of Paradise Falls.

So he asks...

Wow, you're going on a trip?

You go for a walk, but you go on a trip.

These are collocations you should remember to use correctly.

That's why it's more effective to study new vocabulary in chunks, rather than word by word.

You can get this and more strategies to never forget new words in this lesson.

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are were do did house does it really work as we see to steer means to control the direction in this case the direction of the house in which way it floats that's why this part of the car is called the steering wheel as the house tilt right and left carl is being thrown from side to side

He yells at Russell to knock it off, or stop doing that.

We would often use this phrase when we are annoyed by what another person is doing.

You can also hear cut it out, which means the same.

Nice example of connected speech here.

Did you catch it?

Because the word almost ends in a T sound and touch starts with a T

Russell simply merged them by saying almost touch and then he linked touch with the word it resulting in this completely linked phrase almost touch it

All right guys now it's time to test everything that we've covered so far with these two scenes

So you're going to watch again without subtitles and see how good your comprehension is the second time around and we'll add an extra challenge by having some quiz questions along the way.

Are you ready? Let's do this.

Are you in need of any assistance today, sir?

No, I could help you cross the street.

No, I could help you cross your yard.

No, I could help you cross your porch.

What do you call a raised area at the entrance of a house?

Well, I gotta help you cross something.

No, I'm doing fine.

Good afternoon.