Learn English with Jeff Leeson - Sports Shouldn't Be Your Life Goal (Stand-Up Comedy)

Transcript

0:00

What's your name, young man?

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- [Boy In Crowd] Evan.

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- Evan?

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Very nice.

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And do you go to school, Evan?

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- Yeah.

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- Yeah. What grade are you in?

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- 10th grade.

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- What's that?

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- 10th grade.

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- 10th grade, okay.

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And how old—how old are you, Evan?

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16 years old.

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Look at you.

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(audience laughing)

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Look at you, buddy.

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You got your whole life ahead of you.

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This is exciting, Evan. This is—

0:27

Are you Evan's dad?

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- [Man In Crowd] I am.

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- Okay, yeah.

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You keep looking at him to

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see how he's reacting to this.

0:32

(audience laughing)

0:35

Yeah, you do have your

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whole life ahead of you.

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It seems someone else

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has told you that too.

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(audience laughing)

0:45

And what is your name sir?

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Devin?

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- No Dave.

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- Dave. Close!

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(audience laughing)

0:57

Evan, do you know,

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do you know yet what you want to do

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with your, with your life? Do you know

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what path you'd like to take?

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- [Boy In Crowd] Sports.

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- Sports.

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All of them?

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(audience laughing)

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That's 16 for you right there, Evan.

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(audience laughing)

1:16

Well. That's 16.

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(audience applauding)

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(audience applauding)

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I don't mean to alarm you, Evan,

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but when I was 16,

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that was my answer also.

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(audience laughing)

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(audience applauding)

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Now you can, you can take

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from that what you will,

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whether or not you think

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that means I went in the right path.

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I mean, look at all this.

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(audience laughing)

1:54

Anytime someone asks me how,

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you know, how did you become funny?

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Or, how did you know you're funny?

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I always tell them, little by little,

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I realized I wasn't good at sports.

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(audience laughing)

2:07

(audience applauding)

2:14

What's your favorite sport, Evan?

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Is there one that stands out?

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- Basketball.

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- Basketball, okay. So, ideally,

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I think you'd like to be in the NBA.

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Is that right?

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- For sure.

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- For sure?

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And then, and then you said

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other sports, as well.

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So what would number two be?

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What's right below basketball?

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- Football.

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- Football! So if you don't make it

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to the NBA, and they say, "No."

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You go right to the NFL and you go,

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hey, take a look.

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I wore a tuxedo and everything.

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(audience laughing)

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They'll be like, "Wow." You go, yeah.

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I used to work down there at

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Dry Bar Comedy, seating people,

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giving them waters at the bar,

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'til one day, I had to make a choice

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and I chose sports.

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(audience laughing)

3:09

Dave, how are you doing, my friend?

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- [Man In Crowd] Great.

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- Evan's Dad, of course.

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What do you do, Dave?

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Do you work?

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- [Man In Crowd] I do.

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- What is it that you do?

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- [Man In Crowd] I do solar.

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- You do what?

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Oh, you do solar panels.

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Okay.

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At first, you just said, "I do solar."

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I thought, wow, this guy—

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I see where you get it.

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(audience laughing)

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(audience applauding)

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(audience applauding)

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What do you want to do?

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Sports.

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What do you do?

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Solar.

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(audience laughing)

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I'm the one that taught him.

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One word answer, son.

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(audience applauding)

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(audience laughing)

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That was great, Dave.

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(audience laughing)

4:06

You must save so much time at parties.

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You're not getting stuck

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in a corner with Dave.

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(audience laughing)

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It's a quick conversation, man.

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What's your name?

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Dave. What do you do?

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Solar.

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I'll see you later. They got chips.

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(audience laughing)

Difficult Phrases and Words

• stands out

  • Context: What's your favorite sport, Evan? Is there one that stands out?

  • Definition: noteworthy

  • Additional sentence: Some students do not want to stand out in class and instead go unnoticed in the back of the class.

• solar panels

  • Context: Oh, you do solar panels.

  • Definition: picture below

  • Additional sentence: Solar panels are an alternative source of energy.

solar panels

Discussion Questions

1. What’s your favorite sport? Is there one that stands out?

2. Do you think that using solar panels is a good idea?

3. Do you know what you want to do with your life?

4. Do you have short conversations like the father and son in this comedy, or do you talk a long time?