Let's Learn English! Topic: Superheroes! 🦸🦇🦹

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the word justice. So justice is the ability to make sure people
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through walls and see what other people are doing on the
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thinking. This would be an incredibly powerful superpower.
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right now? And if I said you're thinking about ordering a pizza
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The ability to read someone's mind. So that would mean that
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picture for this. But this would be the ability to see
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other side of it. And then the last word for this lesson is
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mutants. That means that their genetic DNA has changed and
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follow the law to catch people if they don't follow the law.
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Joker on the side of evil. Uh and they will at some point
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became a superhero in the first place. So a few of the things
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wouldn't it? Some people are psychic. Well some superheroes
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good and evil. Um this would be common in things like Deadpool.
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they are today. So Superman's origin story is that he's from
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enemy. Someone who when you do one thing they try to undo it
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that would mean I was psychic and I could read your mind. And
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superheroes will have what's called an origin story. An
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good and there will be people who are evil. This is how we
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Some are pictures of Lego toys of superheroes. But anyways a
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They like to make sure that everyone is doing what they're
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somehow. Sometimes there's an accident. The Hulk was in an
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through walls. If you had X-ray vision you would be able to see
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would see me. Would that make me turn into a bad person? I
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it's just good to have justice in the world. And superheroes
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and Robin. Robin is his sidekick. We also have
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justice. Criminals immediately get caught and they go to jail
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someone else's mind. So they can know what someone else is
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has a high level of invulnerability. It's not very
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So often superheroes like to bring justice to the world.
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vulnerability. That is really hard to say. Um it means you do
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generally describe things. Lately though some movies
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money and make things if you watch the first Iron Man movie.
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could lift that many weights they would have I think
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that superheroes are able to do. Sometimes they have
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Let me say that again because it was hard to say in
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incredibly heavy things would be described as superhuman
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invulnerable. Bullets bounce off of Superman. Um the Hulk is
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very very heavy. Spiderman has superhero strength. Superman
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story is a very common term. A very common thing to talk about
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steal. That's what I always think about invisibility. If I
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superhuman strength. They are able to lift things that are
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copyright on them. So it's hard sometimes to find pictures that
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the side of good. And you'll have people like Thanos and the
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They try to save the day or save the world. Many
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if you were thinking if you said if you were thinking about
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supposed to be doing. Criminals get caught in a world that has
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people. Not for Bob the Canadian. Cos his superpower is
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make it tempting to do illegal things I think. For some
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strength. I cannot lift this many weights. If a human being
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has superhero strength. Um so their ability to lift
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killed and eventually he learned how to make lots of
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vulnerability. In vulnerability. This is the
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with regularly. Often you will see Batman working with Robin.
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to save the day or save the world. Save the day is a
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villains. Supervillains also have superpowers and they use
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every country of the world. I'm just focusing on what's the
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superpowers or building a suit or things that make them what
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the world. That is the general description for what they do.
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will be evil. There will be two sides to the fight. And you'll
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could be invisible I would be able to steal things and noone
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It's his origin story. How he became Iron Man. So an origin
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being could be invisible it would be hard for them not to
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when you are invisible noone can see you. So invisibility
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would be an amazing superpower. If I had the ability to be
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are psychic. This means they have the ability to read
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origin story is how they became a superhero or where they came
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there's X-ray vision. I don't know if this is the best
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When Superman flies around the city stopping crime or when
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Batman drives around at night stopping crime they're trying
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smaller thing. If Superman stops someone from robbing
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common if you read X-Men comic books for sure. So I mentioned
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invisible that would be very very cool. I think if any human
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not hurt him. So when you are invulnerable when you have in
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read comics in other countries there are superheroes from
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wondering why all the pictures are pictures of toys. It's
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often in a superhero movie there will be good and there
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bit of both. Um in the end I think he is good though. But
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have people like Superman and Batman and Captain America on
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be people who are fighting for good. And there will be people
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not get hurt very easily. Four would be another superhero who
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doing right all the time. I don't know. Maybe tempting
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when you're talking about superheroes. How that person
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We also use universe. I think I did use that word a couple
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did mention two kinds of comics. There are Marvel comics
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say this. Superheroes aren't just from American companies.
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they also have superpowers. The most common duo would be Batman
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on comics from the last 50 years or longer. And those
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my nemesis I don't have a nemesis. But if I had a nemesis
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at when talking about superheroes. Some superheroes
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person he is most often fighting against. I think
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different sources of American superheroes. And I do want to
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sidekick is someone that a superhero works with. Sometimes
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fight. Superheroes often are trying to save the day or save
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would hope it wouldn't. But certainly invisibility would
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ability to not get hurt or damaged. So Superman is
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think it's actually located below his mansion. It's where
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are two phrases used to describe what superheroes do.
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He's not really evil but he's not always good. He's kind of a
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things. In the Avengers movies that person is Thanos. He is
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the planet Krypton. Batman's or story is that his parents were
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like Superman just has powers. Or they might get powers
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stories. If you read a comic book or watch a film there will
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to invent new things. So on the other end of the spectrum we
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suit. But they have a normal life. For instance Superman is
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imaginary world that the writers created that we'd look
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ordering a pizza and if you said hey what am I thinking
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present a different picture where the person is kind of
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superheroes. Strength. Also we sometimes say in vulnerability.
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Batman's nemesis is the Joker although there are many of
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times. The Marvel Universe or the DC Universe. So that's the
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I'm allowed to use. So most of these are pictures of toys.
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considered a super villain because he isn't helping the
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Either from Marvel comics. This would be things like the the
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someone we say that he saved the day. But when the Avengers
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two of them. Um let's go back to this Batman. You can see the
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or do the opposite. So many superheroes will have an arch
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and there are DC comics. So many superhero movies are based
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who are fighting for evil. There will be people who are
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was bitten by a spider and he got powers. But some people are
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invulnerable. If you were to drive a car into him it would
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have what's called a villain or super villain. Most superheroes
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also sometimes call this person the the superheroes nemesis. So
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easy for them to get hurt. And then there's invisibility. So
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Batman and Superman and Wonder Woman. So there's kind of two
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the bat plane. I don't know how many vehicles he has but this
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that has given them some kind of superpower. Um this is very
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from. Or how they went from being a normal person to having
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accident that caused him to receive powers. Uh Peter Parker
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fought Thanos they saved the world. Okay so generally these
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him hard to identify. Sorry glasses don't really change how
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This is Robin in the front here. Uh by the way if you're
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because I only use pictures in my lessons that have no
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life. And then you wear a mask or a suit or a disguise so
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that hangs from your shoulders onto your back. Some
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large black cape behind him hanging from his shoulders.
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There are superheroes all around the world. Uh when you
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them. So or you could say his arch enemy is the Joker. So we
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this a bit earlier. Often there are two sides in superheroes
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Wolverine and Professor X but you also have the DC comics
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Superman does wear glasses in real life. Which I guess makes
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movies. It's definitely either from the Marvel or DC comics.
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most popular superheroes that I see in Canada when I go and see
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Some superheroes have a secret hideout. Batman has a bat cave.
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They have a place where they go where they can do secret
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Avengers, Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, Um all of those
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from the DC universe. You have people like The Flash and
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characters come from the Marvel Universe and X-Men as well like
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people don't know who you actually are in real life.
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covered. You would probably wear a mask. So once again your
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someone like that. An arch enemy is like the Ultimate
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enemy. I think this is Lex Luther who is the nemesis of
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Superman or it would be Superman's arch enemy. The
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something called a mutant. Superheroes either have powers
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have a sidekick. A sidekick is another superhero who they work
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enemy. We sometimes even use the word arch enemy to describe
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Wonder Woman is Wonder Woman. I think don't quote me on that.
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might let me say disguise again. You might wear a
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comics in America generally came from one of two places.
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is where he would keep them and this is also where he would go
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Some superheroes like for instance Iron Man everyone
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world. He's actually doing bad things in the world. So when
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that right? Hopefully. Some superheroes though don't care.
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their superpowers not to help people but to do bad things. We
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actually Clark Kent. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne. Did I get
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super villain who is trying to do evil or is trying to do bad
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dress a different way and people don't know who you are
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are trying to do good. But sometimes there is a villain or
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atomantium I think it's called. So a superhero often has an
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he keeps things like the batmobile or the bat copter or
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superheroes have a cape behind them. Superman and Batman being
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doing good they often wear a costume or a disguise or a
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hideout. Not all of them have this. But definitely Batman has
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knows that Iron Man is Tony Stark. Everyone knows that
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So a cape is something that is a little strange. People in
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that means is that when they're saving people when they're
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fishy things. I'm not describing these superheroes
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harder. They make my life difficult. It's basically an
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what an alter ego or secret identity is. It's when you
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alter ego or secret identity. Some don't and some do. What
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and his skeleton is made out of metal. A metal called
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disguise. You might have a suit that makes it hard for people
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very well. Aquaman he is actually my favourite superhero
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might have taken first place for me when I saw the first
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comparison of the two. Black Panther from the fictional
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you have superheroes you usually also have super
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might dress in a way where people can't recognize you. You
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underwater. Also super strong and super good at doing fishy
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in life it would be a person who tries to make my life
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the same abilities as a fish. For instance he can breathe
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fighting and saving the day. I also think she a lasso that
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place called Wakanda. Um an incredible strong superhero. Uh
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you can't see. Aquaman lives under the water. Has some of
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superhero things. Um and we usually call it a secret
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the bat cave where he invents things and makes things. I
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that he wears so Iron Man again another superhero who's very
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alter ego is your normal name and how you look in normal
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people look that much. But it does crack me up a bit. A cape.
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probably as strong as Superman if not stronger. I should get a
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Iron Man movie. Uh and I believe he can talk to fish.
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real life don't wear capes. It's a large piece of fabric
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almost done here. Don't get too bored with all of the
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powerful superheroes in the world. Um she can fly. She can
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Where am I here? Last one Wolverine a mutant. A mutant is
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being who's very very smart and builds things like the suit
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as a superhero. So again you might wear a disguise. So you
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to recognize you when Bruce Wayne wears the Batman suit.
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someone who is different than a human because of their genetic
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makeup. He is incredibly strong. He heals very quickly
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a suit that makes him very very strong and very very fast.
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Batman wears a mask. Superman doesn't wear a mask. But
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Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. But I do know
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It's hard for people to see who it is because his face is
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well and I think he heals pretty quickly but mostly he's
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called the Batmobile. An incredible car that he drives.
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superheroes I'm describing. Wonder Woman I think she's from
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a little bit. But Spiderman he was bit by a spider. He has
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travel through space without a space suit I think. Um she is
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Captain Marvel has incredible superpowers. One of the most
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real life he's Peter Parker. We'll talk about alter egos in
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superpower is his ability to make things that make him
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Very American. A very American superhero. Captain America is
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he could shoot spider webs from his wrists and that lets him
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that let him do amazing things. So he has created something
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an ancient race of I don't know a lot about Wonder Woman
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normal human being who is able to create and invent things
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by the way. Aquaman. I really like Aquaman. Although Iron Man
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He is just really really good. Uh at making things. And those
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stronger. Allow him to fly etcetera. By the way we're
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very smart and not someone Who has actual superpowers. His
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makes you tell the truth and an invisible plane. A plane that
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incredibly strong, incredibly fast. Um incredibly good at
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much more about Spiderman although I'm pretty sure in
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really fast. Faster than a train I think. Or speeding
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actually from a different planet. And that's why he is
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superhuman. Um because he's actually human. He looks like a
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human. Spiderman has the ability to climb on walls and
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can't do. So I'm going to go through the ten most common
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comics. So let's go through them and I'll try to remember
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describe him as superhuman. He's more than a human. He's
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just incredibly strong I think he actually ages very slowly as
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just very very strong super strong Iron Man a normal human
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kind of swing on the spider webs through town. I don't know
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flight. He's very strong. He is superhuman strength. He can run
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give him abilities to do things humans can't. Captain America.
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some of their superpowers. Superman has the power of
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some of the same abilities that a spider would have. Batman a
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for sure. And we describe some superheroes as superhuman. Um
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things. He has no actual superpowers. Except he's
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and we also use this as an adjective. So you could say
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but a superpower would be an ability that a normal human
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probably super smart maybe. So I've mentioned the word
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superheroes in North American film and in North American
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they have superhuman strength. This is the Hulk. The Hulk is
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incredibly strong. He has superhuman strength. We would
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bullet. I think that's the way it's described. Um he's
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superheroes have different superpowers and this is what
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being doesn't have. I can't run 100 kilometres an hour. If I
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certainly able to do things that the average human being
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could run 100 kilometers an hour that would be a superpower
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makes them interesting. I'm not going to describe them all here
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Superheroes from films that are made in the United States or
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lesson primarily about North American superheroes.
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superpower of flight. He can fly. Um many different
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maybe a crime is being committed. The superhero will
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other humans don't have. I can't fly. Super band has the
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made by companies in the United States. So this is going to be
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superpower a number of times. A superpower is an ability that
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step in. The superhero will save the day we sometimes say
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a normal human who makes things that let him do remarkable
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Batman on the left. Superman has superpowers. Batman is just
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about superheroes. Here we have Superman on the right and
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very American. It's going to be a very American English lesson
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in English. The superhero will make things right. So there are
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different powers by the way. So when something's going wrong
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something is going wrong they come and they make it go right.
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aware that this is an English lesson. But it's an English
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a number of different superheroes. Now you should be
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their powers to save the plane. Um different superheroes have
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the movie who is helping people someone in the movie where when
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English lessons in the world and this was next up on the
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I will help you understand all of the words and phrases that
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you would commonly see or hear when reading about superheroes
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So let's say a plane is crashing. A superhero would use
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superheroes. So once again welcome to this English lesson
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about superheroes. So superheroes. What is a
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of the exciting English lessons. It's to do all the
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list. So I thought it would be super fun to do a lesson about
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superheroes. I'm sure at some point in your life you've read
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everyone but like I mentioned often my goal isn't to do all
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good topic I think. It's not a super exciting topic for
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superhero So when you watch a movie if there is someone in
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or watching a superhero film or even a superhero show. It's a
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theater or you've watched a superhero film at home on
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Netflix or another streaming service. In this English lesson
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a comic. At some point in your life you've gone to the movie
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Well hello and welcome to this English lesson about
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in movies try to do that.
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