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  • - BACK WITH THE INSANELY TALENTED ROBERT DOWNEY JR.

  • AND THE NAME OF HIS MOVIE IS "THE JUDGE,"

  • SO WE THOUGHT WE'D PLAY A ROUND OF OUR FAVORITE GAME

  • WE'RE PLAYING LATELY.

  • IT'S CALLED "EPIC OR FAIL?"

  • AND HERE'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

  • WE'RE GONNA SHOW A VIDEO.

  • WE'RE GONNA STOP IT RIGHT BEFORE--

  • AND WE'RE GONNA GUESS.

  • HERE'S YOUR PADDLE. HERE'S MY PADDLE.

  • - OH, THANK YOU.

  • - AND WE'RE GONNA GUESS IF IT'S AN EPIC OR A FAIL.

  • READY? LET'S START WITH THE FIRST ONE.

  • IT'S AN ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE.

  • - YOU HAVE "24 HOURS" TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT

  • OR DONATE $100 TO ALS.

  • - [grunts]

  • - NOT LOOKING GOOD SO FAR.

  • I THINK IT GOES ONTO HIM.

  • I REALLY THINK IT'S A FAIL.

  • - I'LL GIVE THE COUNTERPOINT JUST IN CASE.

  • - OKAY, GREAT.

  • - OKAY, HERE WE GO.

  • [laughter]

  • - HE DID NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THAT.

  • - THAT WAS EPIC.

  • - IT WAS AN EPIC FAIL.

  • HERE'S A TRUCK RACING COMPETITION.

  • MM.

  • [audience shouting]

  • ALL RIGHT.

  • [laughter]

  • - [shouts]

  • - AAH.

  • - I LIKE THAT I--

  • I LOVE THAT I WAS HAPPY THAT IT WENT POORLY.

  • - YES, YES.

  • BUT THEN HE LANDED BACK ON THE TIRES AGAIN.

  • FIRST LAUNCH OF A LIFEBOAT.

  • - OH.

  • - NO. - OH?

  • [audience shouting]

  • [laughter]

  • - COME ON!

  • NO!

  • [laughs]

  • both: WOW.

  • - ALL RIGHT.

  • THIS SHOULD BE GOOD.

  • THIS IS AN ACTOR DOING A SHAKESPEARE AUDITION.

  • - OH, DEAR.

  • - WHETHER 'TIS NOBLER IN THE MIND TO SUFFER

  • THE SLINGS AND ARROWS OF OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE.

  • - AH.

  • [audience shouting]

  • - YEP. OH.

  • - OH, NO.

  • DON'T EVER DO THAT.

  • ONE MORE.

  • ARE WE GONNA DO THE MAN AND THE SOCCER BALL?

  • - YEP. - ALL RIGHT.

  • - OH, COME ON. - NO.

  • [laughter]

  • NO. YEAH.

  • SEE THAT HAPPENING RIGHT THERE.

  • OH.

  • OW. OUCH.

  • HIS MOVIE IS "THE JUDGE."

  • IT OPENS IN THEATERS TOMORROW.

  • ROBERT DOWNEY JR., EVERYBODY.

- BACK WITH THE INSANELY TALENTED ROBERT DOWNEY JR.

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Epic or Fail with Robert Downey Jr.

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    斯文 posted on 2015/01/31
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to

US /tu,tə/

UK /tə/

  • adverb
  • Toward a point, person, place or thing
  • Into a state of consciousness or awareness
  • preposition
  • Showing that one thing is attached to another
  • (Indicates a comparison between two people/things)
  • Showing the direction
  • Signaling who is told, shown, given something
  • Indicating someone's reaction
  • Part of a verb base form e.g. to buy
  • Showing the limit or range of something
  • Used when speaking about a rate or quantity
  • Showing a person's emotion
  • Showing that the base verb follows
  • Showing where someone or something goes
  • Showing show a specific result, end or purpose
  • Showing the relationship between things
  • Move towards; in the direction of
  • Showing the end point of a specific period
  • In harmony with music or a musical instrument
go

US /ɡo/

UK /ɡəʊ/

  • verb
  • To attend or be at a place
  • To do an activity
  • To function properly
  • To move or travel to another place
  • noun
  • A turn in a game
audience

US /ˈɔdiəns/

UK /ˈɔ:diəns/

  • noun
  • Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
challenge

US /ˈtʃæləndʒ/

UK /'tʃælɪndʒ/

  • noun
  • An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
  • Act of formally inviting someone to compete
  • A question to determine correctness of something
  • verb
  • To formally invite someone to compete at something
  • To question the correctness of something
judge

US /dʒʌdʒ/

UK /dʒʌdʒ/

  • noun
  • Person who decides on the results of a contest
  • Person who has the power to make a decision
  • verb
  • To reach a decision about who won a contest
  • To form an opinion after careful consideration
  • To make a decision in court
guess

US /ɡɛs/

UK /ɡes/

  • verb
  • To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
  • noun
  • Answer given when you don't know if it is correct
fail

US /fel/

UK /feɪl/

  • verb
  • To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
  • To not do or provide something that is needed
  • To stop working or functioning; to break down
  • To not achieve a goal, or to go wrong
  • noun
  • A mark on a test showing you did not pass
epic

US /ˈɛpɪk/

UK /'epɪk/

  • adjecitve
  • Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
  • noun
  • A long story, often about many people and events
laughter

US /ˈlæftɚ, ˈlɑf-/

UK /ˈlɑ:ftə(r)/

  • noun
  • Action or sound of laughing
bucket

US /ˈbʌkɪt/

UK /'bʌkɪt/

  • noun
  • Open container with a handle used to carry liquids

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