Let's Learn English at a Movie Theatre! ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ๐ŸŽž๏ธ

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Learn English with Bob the Canadian


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Let's learn English at the movies.
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So I've always been a big fan of the X-Men
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movies, and in particular, Wolverine is my favorite character.
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So when I heard there was a new movie coming out
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with him in it and some other guy named Deadpool, I
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thought I should make an English lesson for you.
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I can't show you the actual movie, but along the way,
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I can help you learn some English words and phrases that
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you can use as you talk about the movies.
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So let's talk about the difference between to
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see a movie and to watch a movie.
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If I say that I'm going to go see
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a movie, it means I'm probably going to come
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to a theater like this to see that movie.
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If I say I'm going to watch a
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movie, it usually means I'm going to stay
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home and maybe watch the movie on Netflix.
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So I'm here today to see a movie.
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I'm at a theater to see a movie.
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So there are a few ways to buy a ticket to see a movie.
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By the way, you do need a ticket.
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You can use a ticket machine.
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A ticket machine is a machine that you
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can use to buy a ticket to see the movie.
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You put your card in and you choose the movie you
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want, and then you get a ticket to see that movie.
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You could also go to the box office.
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There's a box office right here.
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Not many people use the box
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office anymore to buy tickets.
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I don't even think there's a person there.
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But that is where you could go to
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buy a movie ticket from a person.
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Or you can actually go to the concession stand.
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I'll talk more about that later.
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You can also buy a ticket there.
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But the most popular way to buy a ticket
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right now is to buy your ticket online.
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I bought my ticket online.
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It's on my phone and I will use that ticket, I
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guess it's an e-ticket to get in to the theater.
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So behind me you can see
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what's called the concession stand.
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Sometimes we call it a snack bar, but I usually
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call it a concession stand or just the concessions.
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It's the place where you can go to buy a snack.
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Now, the most common snack to buy when going to
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see a movie here in Canada is usually popcorn and
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maybe some kind of soda or what I call pop.
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But that's not what I'm going to buy.
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I actually don't really like popcorn and
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I really don't drink soda or pop.
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But this is where you would go to get a snack.
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I am going to go get one.
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You'll see what it is in a minute.
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Hi! Hi! Yeah, just the Peanut M&M's and the water.
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Anything else I can get for you?
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No, that's everything.
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Are you a loyalties member? Pardon?
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Are you a loyalties member? No, I'm not.
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Just debit, please.
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Thank you. Have a great day.
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This is what I wanted and this is what I got.
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So there are a few different types of movie genres.
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This movie that I'm going to see could be considered
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an action movie, maybe a little bit of science fiction.
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An action movie is a movie where
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there's lots of guns and car chases.
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A science fiction movie takes place in
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the future, and there will be spaceships
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and people might visit other planets.
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There's also fantasy movies where you'll see
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swords and dragons and things like that.
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You might watch
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a horror movie, not my favorite.
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A movie that is designed to scare you.
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Or you might see a movie that is a comedy.
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Or if it has romance involved,
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it might be a romantic comedy.
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And then lastly, there is a type of
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movie called a drama, a more serious movie,
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sometimes based on a historical event.
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There are many other movie genres, but those are just
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the main ones that I can think of right now.
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So I actually printed my ticket today instead of having it
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on my phone, like I said, I'm using my phone to
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record, but as I approach, they'll need my ticket here.
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So I'll need to show my ticket.
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I will need to scan my ticket.
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Hopefully it scans. Screen six just down this hall to your right.
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Which theater? Yeah, in six. Six. Thank you very much.
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So I am going to go to screen six or theater six.
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So that's where I'm headed right now.
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My ticket scanned successfully. By the way, a long time
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ago, you used to actually give them a paper ticket
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and they would rip your ticket or tear your ticket.
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I still remember that time long
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ago, but now everything's digital.
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It's either a barcode or a QR code.
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On my ticket, there was a QR code, and that's what
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they scanned in order to allow me into the theater.
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So there are a couple of
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ways that they advertise movies.
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One is that they create movie posters.
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A movie poster.
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Oh, that looks scary.
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A movie poster is simply a poster, a
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big colorful piece of paper that goes on
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the wall, and that poster advertises upcoming movies.
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So before a movie starts, they'll show
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what are called previews or trailers.
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They haven't quite started in this theater yet, but
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pretty soon they will show previews or trailers.
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They're the same thing, by the way, this is when they show
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you little clips of a movie that's coming out in the future
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in hopes that you will decide to go see it.
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Right now, they're just running some
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advertisements, but pretty soon they'll start
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showing the previews and the trailers.
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So if you're wondering what to call people at a
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theater, the people who work there, the person who took
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my ticket, I would call a ticket taker, the people
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who come in and out of the theater to make
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sure everyone's sitting in the right spot.
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I would call those ushers or attendants.
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So someone who takes your ticket is a ticket taker.
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Someone who can help you in the theater find
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yourself seat or make sure you're in the right
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seat, is called an attendant or an usher.
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So I'm walking into theater six or screen six,
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and as you can see, no one is here.
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I'm at a morning showing.
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I chose a showing.
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A showing, by the way, is the
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time the movie is actually playing.
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It's 10:45 in the morning and no one's here.
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What's nice, though, is this
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theater has reserved seating.
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That means I actually paid for an actual
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seat in the back row, seat number eight.
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That's different than how it used
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to be. A long time ago
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if you went to a movie theater, you just tried
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to get there early to get a good seat, but
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now you can actually choose the seat that you want.
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Oh, and by the way, here's the screen.
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And when you look at the seats,
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you might notice that these are recliners.
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You can actually recline in these seats.
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You can lean back as you watch the movie so you
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can relax, enjoy the show in comfort in a reclining seat.
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Oh, and one more thing up there where you
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see those two windows, that is the projection booth.
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That's where you would find the projector.
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The projection booth is the little room
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where the projectionist, that's the person who
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runs the projector, will actually sit.
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And that's where they will show the movie from.
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And the projector is the machine that shows the movie.
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So up there, the projection booth.
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Let me point to it.
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And inside will be a projector and a projectionist.
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So I decided to see the movie in 2D, not in 3D.
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I'm not actually a big fan of 3D.
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I don't like wearing 3D glasses.
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Those are the special glasses you
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have to wear. By the way,
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2D is just kind of a flat image, but 3D is
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when it looks like things are coming off the screen
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towards you.
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Usually I see movies in 2D because
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when I see movies in 3D
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they kind of give me a headache.
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So anyways, I'm seeing a movie in 2D.
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So the place I'm at actually has three different names
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in Canadian English at least.
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We sometimes call it a cinema.
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In fact, behind me you can see that it
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says Landmark Cinemas or we call it a movie
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theater or we just call it a theater.
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I think the most common one
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would probably be movie theater.
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Where did you go last night?
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Oh, I went to the movie theater to see a movie, but
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you can also call it a cinema or just a theater.
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So I'm at the cinema. I'm at the movie theater.
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I'm at the theater.
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So I just finished watching the credits for this movie.
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Credits are, it's kind of a list of all
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of the actors that were in the movie.
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It kind of lists all the people who worked
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on the movie and then it even lists the
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music that was used in the movie.
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So it was fun to watch the credits.
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And there was a post-credit scene or an
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after credits scene or an end credits scene where
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they show like a little clip from an upcoming
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movie or just a little extra, little snippet of
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the actors doing something just for fun.
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So that's always cool.
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Well, thank you so much for watching
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this English lesson at the movies.
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Hopefully you were able to learn some new
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English words and phrases that you can use
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in your next conversation about the movies.
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If this is your first time here, don't
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forget to click that red subscribe button.
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It's either over there or over there.
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Leave a comment below, give me a thumbs up.
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And if you have some time, there's
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always another English lesson to watch.
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