Learn English With Taylor Swift & Ed Sheeran

Did you know that singers Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran are actually close friends in real life in today's lesson

we will watch them play a very funny game where they test their knowledge about each other if

You are new here. You will first watch a clip with subtitles in English. Then we will teach you all of the most important vocabulary

pronunciation and cultural context before moving on to the next clip

Finally, you will test everything you learned by watching all the clips without subtitles and answering a few quiz questions. Let's jump in

We are gonna find out now who knows the most about who you're your friends right in real life

Yeah, and we're both very competitive. So right now it's I think both of us are on edge

What you're gonna do is write your answers down on these boards

Okay, there's gonna be some questions about Taylor some questions about add. The first question is for you Taylor Swift

What was we start easy Ed Sheeran's debut album called?

She's gonna write that down right now

And let's see. If you'd like to reveal that to the camera, please Taylor Swift you're saying it is Plus. Is she correct?

She is correct. Yeah

1.2 Taylor Swift they are real friends next up

Ed Sheeran we've just been discussing the hot topic of Taylor Swift's cats named one of her cats and write it on your board, please

Now I didn't know the name of your cats and I feel bad about that

I'm sorry, but people were tweeting me names you're saying Meredith

That's correct. It is correct

We are gonna find out now who knows the most about who you're your friends right in real life

Yeah, and we're both very competitive

So right now it's I think both of us are on edge

If you are on edge you are tense and nervous, especially when you are expecting something to happen

Example the boss might seem on edge but it's only because she gave up smoking last week

What was we stop easy at Sharon's debut album called?

debut is an adjective for defining the first time that something such as a performance or appearance of a person happens for example an

Artist's debut album is his or her first album a player's debut game is their first game

And let's see if you'd like to reveal that to the camera

Please Taylor Swift you're saying it is

Plus to reveal is to make known or show something that is surprising or that was previously secret

Here the host is just asking Taylor to show her answer written on the board to the camera. That's the biggest challenge of your life

so, how do you do it a

magician never reveals his greatest trick

Ed sheeran. We've just been discussing the hot topic of Taylor Swift's cats and

discussing the hot topic of Taylor Swift's cats

We've just been discussing the hot topic of Taylor Swift's cats named one of her cats and write on your board

Please a hot topic is a subject that a lot of people are discussing especially one that causes a lot of controversy or disagreement

Obviously Taylor Swift cats are not really a hot topic and the host is just jokingly talking about it

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You'll saying Meredith

That's correct. It is correct. It is correct

It is correct

Taylor Swift where did ed sheeran grow up answers on a board. Okay

Is that correct, correct

Now I didn't even know that either born Yorkshire raised Suffolk and AD has a question for you

What is if you'd like to write on your board Taylor Swift's mother's name?

It is

Correct. It is Andrea

Yeah, that could have been awkward and okay Taylor next question for you. Who is Ed Sheeran's celebrity crush?

At a certain time and I think it still is you're saying it is

Was it well I'm involved now, but yeah it was

It was Mila Kunis, but now but now she's married and pregnant

You know just was one you and then you got a girlfriend, but this was your less. Thank you win

the point well done is they awkward Edie if you say oh I fancy Mila Kunis and then all of a sudden near the most

Famous person in America and Mila Kunis knows who you are and Mila Kunis knows that you fancy her

Well, the last time I said, it was like 2012. So that was at a point where she definitely wouldn't have

Taylor Swift where did Ed Sheeran grow up answers on a board? Okay

Is that correct

I didn't even know that either born Yorkshire raised suffer the place where you were born is the place where your birth happened

Now to raise somebody is to take care of a person until they are grown

So to be raised is another way of saying to grow up if you grew up or spent your childhood

Living in a specific city, you can say you were raised there

Example I was born in raised in Colorado

It seems like a lovely environment to raise a child in

Oh, by the way

You're more than welcome to look under any of the furniture because believe me you won't find any porn or cigarettes under there

Tyler next question for you, who is Ed Sheeran's celebrity crush?

To have a crush on somebody is to have romantic feelings for someone

Especially someone you do not know. Well in the case of this question Taylor is being asked what celebrity Edie has a crush on

Me got my secret crushes here Mila Kunis my secret crush

Was it well I'm

involved now

But yeah in the context of personal relationships to be involved is to have an active exclusive romantic relationship ed

Sheeran is married nowadays, but back when this interview happened, he was already in a relationship with his then girlfriend

Is it awkward Edie if you say oh I fancy Mila Kunis and then all of a sudden near the most famous person in America

And Mila Kunis knows who you are. You probably know that as an adjective fancy to find something that is expensive

Sophisticated or connected with a high-class way of life in the context of their conversation though

We can hear the verb to fancy to fancy

Somebody is to be sexually attracted by somebody when referring to objects

It could also simply mean that you have a desire for it. This is very commonly used in British English

Example, I thought he fancied me. So I asked him out on a date

Do you fancy going out for a meal after work?

Is it awkward Edie if you say oh I fancy Mila Kunis and then all of a sudden near the most famous person in America

And Mila Kunis knows who you are. If something happens all of a sudden it happens quickly and without being expected without warning

Seems like all of a sudden so much is happening. I know Ross is getting married Phoebe's making people

everybody's doing stuff

so

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Next question is for you ads. What is the moment that you realized you and Taylor were actually friends

Let's see. If you both think of the same thing the moment you crossed over from being musical pals to like Genoa we're friends

What do I what do I write like this is the city the time the time? Yeah

Experience the exchange of texts the love letter whatever it was Taylor. Are you remembering the first time you thought we're friends?

Yeah, I mean, yeah

I mean I mind might be a different time than his cuz I mean I was sold very easily

But I might have had to earn

You're saying

No, Phoenix right in a song in it

I walked in the room. I thought maybe I would have taken it like maybe six months for you to like me

mad cuz I

Walked in because I didn't really know I didn't really know what was gonna happen and I walked in and I was just greeted by

Cat I was I are sound this will be fun

The moment you crust over from being musical pals to like Genoa we're friends Pal is an informal word for a friend

You know, what is an informal expression used to indicate that you're going to say something interesting or surprising next?

Example she lied to me again, but you know what? I really just don't care anymore

The game the game you always money for the game

You know what you guys it's the first time. Why don't we just forget about them? No, we'll pay

How does another answer already?

And you know what we want a rematch what's following we could use the money

the moment you crossed over from being musical pals to like Genoa from being musical house like

The moment you crossed over from being musical pals to like Genoa we're friends

Taylor are you remembering the first time you thought we're friends?

Yeah, I mean, yeah

I mean I've mind might be a different time than his cuz I mean I was sold very easily but as you know to sell

Normally refers to giving something in exchange for money in this case, though

Taylor is saying that she was sold very easily on her friendship with Edie

Meaning that she was convinced or started believing that they were friends very quickly without the need of developing the relationship for too long

Example after seeing the presentation I'm sold on this investment

Let's do it on the other hand. If someone is not sold easily it would mean they are difficult to convince

Example I wasn't sold on spending our vacation on a cruise. I fancied doing something more adventurous

You're saying

No Phoenix right in a song in it Phoenix at the capital city of the state of Arizona in United States in it is a

Slang way of saying isn't it ed is just asking Taylor if she agrees with him

I

Walked in because I didn't really know I didn't really know what was gonna happen and I walked in and I was just greeted by

Cat I was I are sound this this would be fun to be greeted

It is to be welcomed by somebody with particular words or actions

In this case it is saying that tailors cat came to greet him as he went inside and I walked in on a wolves in

And I walked in and I was just greeted by cat

I was like sound this this will be fun

Sound is a British slang expression that is used the same way as the expression cool used in American English

Example how you doing sound man?

Hey, are you and Ed Sheeran fan?

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Were really nice and there was chocolate

You know that that sold me actually because I I always looked

like American performers as just people that eat grapes once a day and just

Just kind of like I'm just gonna inhale some air. You know, I just had a gust of wind

I'm caught I was I was expecting to go there and be like, ah

Can I have a burger if Taylor's gonna have a leaf of salad and then she's like right let's get burgers

I was like sound called your animal style. Um adds American accent is my favorite

I had some error and I don't know

Okay, that means you do know each other very very well because you both got three all which means we go to the tiebreaker

How many views has your duet?

Everything has changed had on YouTube

It doesn't it's completely irrelevant

But we were in a rush and this is all we could think of this is my question

Both of you the nearest answer wins

So you both write down how many views has everything has changed had on YouTube as of 7:45 this morning

Okay at straight away with an answer there. Let's start with you Ed you're saying I think is 106 million ornately enough

106 million near enough that it's too

300 million because I just do because I'm cuz I'm optimistic

The correct answer is a hundred and eleven million four hundred ninety eight thousand four hundred ninety nine

Which means ed sheeran you are the winner

Rana Plaza ed sheeran

you get to

there

You were really nice and there was chocolate

Burger in an out burger is an American fast-food restaurant chain tailor is saying that they ordered burgers from in and out

you know that that sold me actually because I I always looked like

American performers as just people that eat grapes once a day here ed says he used to think American singers were all very strict

about their diet

So he jokes that he was expecting an artist such as Taylor to only eat once a day

Having some light fruit such as grapes as a meal

I always looked at like American performers as just people that eat grapes once a day and just just kind of like oh

I'm just gonna inhale some air, you know. Oh, I just had a gust of wind

I'm cool

When we inhale we take air into our lungs through our noses and mouths then we exhale or breathe the air out again

Because of what he was previously

joking about the idea

He had of American artists diets IDI is now joking that he thought Taylor would be satisfied having air as an option for food

I'm just kind of like oh, I'm just gonna inhale some air, you know. Oh, I just had a gust of wind

I'm cool a gust is a strong a short flow or burst of air and wind is moving air or a breeze if

You say you are cool. It means you are satisfied. You don't need anything anymore

Example, do you need help finishing that project? No, I'm cool. I'll finish it in about 15 minutes

Ross Ross over here, man. I say Jesse

That's okay, I'm cool over here. I'll catch up with you later. Enjoy I

Was expecting to go there and be like, ah, can I have a burger if Taylor's gonna have a leaf of salad man?

She's like right let's let's get burgers. I was like sound cool a leaf is a part of a tree or plant

That is usually flat thin and green like in this picture a leaf of salad would be for example a piece of lettuce

By the way, maybe you notice that when Ed says this he's imitating an American accent

Although not very well, and then Taylor makes fun of it. Just kind of like, oh, I'm just gonna inhale some air, you know

Oh, I just had a gust of wind. I'm cold Ed's American accent is my favorite. Can I have a burger?

Burger I had some air and I don't know I like

It's interesting to note that oftentimes when non American English speakers tried to do an American accent

They over exaggerate the nasality

While the American accent is more nasal than other English accents

If you are trying to sound like an American be sure to avoid overdoing it as that does here then she's like, right

Let's get bug as long as I sound cold you animal style. The host is asking if they ordered their burgers animal-style

That is a special way in which the in-and-out restaurants can prepare your burger where they also add more ingredients to it

Okay, that means you do know each other very very well because you both got three all which means we go to the tiebreaker

So far ed and Taylor have the same score of three in the game

That means they are tied three to three in games normally in these occasions

There's a tiebreaker which will give one of the teams or players the opportunity to definitively win by scoring four last time

By the way, we did a hoe arias lesson where we taught all sorts of game related vocabulary like this with friends

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How many views has your duet?

Everything has changed had on YouTube. This is about Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran's collaborative song

Everything has changed the song had a music video on YouTube and they're being asked how many views that video had then?

Adieu wet is a song sung by two people

It doesn't it's completely irrelevant

but we were in a rush and this is all we could think of if you're in a rush you're in a

Situation in which you have to hurry to do something especially because you do not have much time

Okay, add straightaway with an answer there. Let's start with you add

Straightaway means immediately without delay you're saying I think is 106 million or near enough

hundred and six million near enough that stupid

Cuz I'm cuz I'm optimistic him optimist I

Cut him off to mr

Taylor had no idea how many views a music video had so she jokingly gives the excuse that she was just being optimistic

about it

Meaning that she was trying to be hopeful about how well the video is doing in other words how much success it was having?

The correct answer is a hundred and eleven million four hundred ninety thousand four hundred ninety nine

Which means ed Sheeran you are the winner

Rana Plaza ad sharer

you get to

There a round of applause is a short period during which people are clapping

Normally at the end of a public speech or an artistic or sports performance

So the host is simply saying that edy deserves praise and congratulations

We are gonna find out now who knows the most about who you're you're friends right in real life

Yeah, and we're both very competitive. So right now it's I think both of us are on edge

What you're gonna do is write your answers down on these boards

Okay, there's gonna be some questions about Taylor some questions about ad the first question is for you Taylor Swift

What was we start easy Ed Sheeran's debut album called?

She's gonna write that down right now

And let's see. If you'd like to reveal that to the camera, please Taylor Swift you're saying it is Plus. Is she correct?

She is correct. Yeah, one point to Taylor Swift. They are real friends next up

Ed Sheeran we've just been discussing the hot topic of Taylor Swift's cats named one of her cats and write it on your board, please

Now I didn't know the name of your cats and I feel bad about that

I'm sorry, but people were tweeting me names you're saying Meredith

That's correct. It is correct

They are full names, please Meredith and Olivia detective Olivia Benson. And dr. Meredith Grey. I love you

Taylor Swift where did Ed Sheeran grow up answers on a board? Okay

Is that correct

Now I didn't even know that either born Yorkshire raised Suffolk

Well done swifty. Um add here's a question for you. What is if you'd like to write on your board Taylor Swift's mother's name

Okay, I mean he should know this right as he met her I

I call a myth. Yeah, mama see yeah, but yeah, it's

It is

Correct. It is Andrea

Yeah, that could have been awkward and okay Taylor next question for you. Who is Ed Sheeran's celebrity crush?

Was at a certain time

And I think it still is you're saying it is

was it well, I'm

Involved now, but yeah it was

It was Mila Kunis, but now but now she's married and pregnant, you know

Just suppose one you and then you got a girlfriend, but this was your less. Thank you win the point well done

Is it awkward Edie if you say oh I fancy Mila Kunis and then all of a sudden near the most famous person in America

And Mila Kunis knows who you are and Mila Kunis knows that you fancy her

Well, the last time I said, it was like 2012. So that was at a point where she definitely wouldn't have

Your eye just stops, yeah, stop speaking yep. Next question is for you add

What is the moment that you realized you and Taylor were actually friends?

Let's see. If you both think of the same thing the moment you crossed over from being musical pals to like Genoa we're friends

What do I what am I right like, this is the city the time the time. Yeah

Experience the exchange of text the love letter whatever it was Taylor. Are you remembering the first time you thought we're friends?

Yeah, I mean, yeah

I mean I mind might be a different time than his cuz I mean I was sold very easily

But I might have had to earn your saying

No, Phoenix right in a song in it

I walked in the room. I thought maybe I would have taken it like maybe six months for you to like me

mad cuz I

Walked in because I didn't really know I didn't really know what was gonna happen and I walked in and I was just greeted by

Cat I was like sound this will be fun. And then yeah, you were really nice and there was chocolate

You know that that sold me actually

You

Because I I always looked

like American

Performers as just people that eat grapes once a day and just just kind of like I'm just gonna inhale some air, you know

I just had a gust of wind

I'm caught so I was I was expecting to go there and be like, ah

Can I have a burger if Taylor's gonna have a leaf of salad and then she's like right let's get burgers

I was like sound called your animal style. Um adds American accent is my favorite

burger

I had some error and I don't know

Okay, that means you do know each other very very well because you both got three all which means we go to the tiebreaker

Okay

you you want

Okay

How many views has your duet everything has changed had on YouTube

It doesn't it's completely irrelevant

But we were in a rush and this is all we could think of this is my question

Both of you the nearest answer wins

So you both write down how many views has everything has changed had on YouTube as of 7:45 this morning

Okay at straight away with an answer there. Let's start with you at you're saying I think is 106 million ornately enough

106 million near enough that stupid

Because I'm I'm optimistic

The correct answer is a hundred and eleven million four hundred ninety thousand four hundred ninety nine

Which means ed Sheeran you are the winner

Runner brother Ed Sheeran

you get to

there

Alright great job making all the way through today's lesson. I hope you had a lot of fun

and if you are a Taylor Swift fan well

We have a lot more lessons featuring her and her music and you can find all of those in this playlist now

It's time to go beyond the classroom and live your English. Aha. Yeah