It’s Going to be Legendary – Level 3

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today we’re gonna watch a few more clips
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from Episode three of How I Met Your Mother
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we’re also gonna learn about the word legend
and the word legendary
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and we’re gonna learn about how you can turn your car into an English language school
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but first your warm-up clip of How I Met Your Mother
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so when you said you were going to pick someone up at the airport you meant you were going to “pick someone up at the airport”
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scenario: couple of girls flying to town looking
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for a fun weekend in NYC when they meet
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two handsome international businessmen
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just back from a lucrative trip to Japan
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sample dialogue you have a wheelie bag
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false sidebar tuck in your shirt
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you look sketchy I’m sketchy trust me
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it’s gonna be legendary
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don’t say legendary okay you’re too
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liberal with the word legendary we’re
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building an igloo in Central Park it’s
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gonna be legendary snow suit up okay
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legendary that’s a good word let’s talk
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about that for a minute
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first of all where does legendary come
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from well it comes from the word legend
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legend
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repeat after me say legend
nice
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a legend is something we hear about when we’re children it’s a great story of great events that happened in the past
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so to do something legendary is to make a legend
it’s to make a story– to live a
story that our grandchildren will be
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hearing about and tell their grandchildren about
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so to do something legendary is to do something
big that matters that’s important
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that people will be talking about
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legendary
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listen again now that you know what legendary means
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sidebar: sure you look sketchy
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I’m sketchy trust me it’s gonna be
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legendary
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don’t say legendary okay you’re too
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liberal with the word legendary we’re
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building an igloo in Central Park it’s
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gonna be legendary snow suit up how was
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did you enjoy that? I know I did
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alright– your revolution English tip
of the day is this turn on the radio in your car
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that’s it. it’s that simple.
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turn on talk radio okay. news
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find your local public radio station.
NPR is a great one
there are others
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any program where people are talking all the
time is gonna be great for you
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just get in the car and turn on talk radio and listen to it
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sports radio is another great one
they’re always talking
and the more you listen the more you’re gonna learn
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but more importantly repeat what you hear
so when you’re listening, don’t just sit there passively and listen to what other people are saying
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get active repeat what they hear
imitate what you hear and say it out loud
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if you do that every day
your English will improve
you will start learning faster
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