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Who is Spider-Man?

He’s a criminal, that’s who he is.

A vigilante, a public menace.

What’s he doing on my front page?

We sold out four printings.

Sold out?

Every copy.

Tomorrow, Spider-Man, page one with a decent picture this time.

Move Conway to page seven.

That’s a problem with page seven.

Then make it page eight and get him 10% off and make it 5%.

That can’t be done.

Get out of here!

Problem is we don’t have a decent picture.

Eddie’s been on it for weeks, but we can barely get a glimpse of him.

Aw, what is he, shy?

If we can get a picture of Julia Roberts in a thong, we can certainly get a picture of this weirdo.

Put an ad on the front page: “Cash money for a picture of Spider-Man”.

He doesn’t want to be famous? Then I’ll make him infamous!

who is spider-man?

He’s a criminal, that’s who is he.

A vigilante, a public menace.

Mr. Janensen calls Spider-Man a vigilante and a menace.

A vigilante is someone who illegally punishes criminals and tries to prevent crime, usually because they think the police are not doing this effectively. We might also think of other super heroes, like Batman, as vigilantes.

Let’s watch an example.

I’m sick of these smart-ass punks who keep changing the rules and think they can get away with anything they want. I’m gonna pay this guy a visit. Haley, text me his address.

I’m going with you.

Me too.

Oh, no. No. Nobody’s going anywhere, okay?

we’re not vigilantes.

Shotgun!

No! No weapons!

A menace is a person or thing that may cause harm or damage.

Here’s an example form Mr. Jenenson and Peter Parker himself.

“Spider-Man, Hero or Menace? Exclusive Daily Bugle photos.”

Menace? He was protecting that armored car

I’ll tell you what Atticus. You take a pictures, I’ll make up the headlines. Okay? Alright?

Is that okay with you?

Yes, sir.

Goody.

We sold out four printings. sold out?

Every copy.

In a sentence like “The tickets sold out” or “The arena is sold out” sold out means that there are no more tickets or spots/seats available. A printing is the amount of copies a newspaper prints at a time. The amount of copies is usually based on how many the newspaper thinks it’s going to sell.

So, because they sold out the first printing, they had to keep printing, not two, not three, but four printings.

Tonight is the L.A premiere of “Sophie’s Choice: The Musical”. And it sold out in second, but the theater reserved a few amazing house seats for an online lottery.

Problem is we don’t have a decent picture. Eddie’s been on it for weeks, but we can barely get a glimpse of him.

By “Eddie’s has been on it” he means that Eddie has been working on or trying to get a good picture of Spider-Man.

sometimes we use “I’m on it” to say that we will start working on something immediately.

I’ve got some work to do.

And I’m gonna go out and run some errands. and when I get back, this better be cleaned up.

Oh, oh, don’t worry, I’m on it.

Guys, we’re running out of time.

What’s the plan?

That guard won’t move.

We need a distraction.

I’m on it.

A glimpse is a quick look. We usually say this as to get a glimpse or catch a glimpse of something. Or as a verb to glimpse something.

I had a glimpse into the past.

Are you stalking me?

Are you stalking Lyndsey?

I asked you first.

Look, this is pathetic.

Sitting outside a woman’s house, trying to catch of glimpse of her through the window. What kind of person does that?

Barely, as used in “I barely have any money” means to have very little money. It also means only with great difficulty or effort.

It also means only with great difficulty or effort.

I don’t know if I’m up for this.

I’m so emotional.

I can barely think straight.

Great. Use that. Embrace the void.

We also use barely to say almost not.

She doesn’t seem that great.

We just saw her making out with a guy she barely even knows.

If we get a picture of Julia Roberts in a thong

we can certainly get a picture of this weirdo.

Then, you probably know what weird means. A weirdo is a person who acts in a weird way, especially socially.

All relationships are difficult, but even more so when you’re in one with a person who struggles with everyday social interactions and, frankly, who can strike some people as being kind of a weirdo.

Sheldon

You’re not a weirdo.

I wasn’t speaking about me.

He doesn’t want to be famous?

Then I’ll make him infamous!

Well-known for being bad. An infamous person is known for committing evil acts, crimes, or doing things that most people disapprove of.

That’s the secret, grand adventure of the infamous Jack Sparrow!

You spent three days, lying on a beach, drinking rum.

Welcome to the Caribbean, love.

Let’s now learn about some of the connected speech used in this clip.

That can’t be done.

Get out of here!

Mr. Jamieson’s way of speaking futures many aspects of connected speech. This is the way natives cut and connect their words. So, instead of saying “get out of here” he says

Get out of here.

He says it one more time here.

Get out of here.

Bring me more photos.

This is how you’ll hear people say this phrase most of the time.

Okay, that’s it. We’re leaving.

Guys, let’s get out here.

Let’s hear it one more time, and then you can repeat it.

That can’t be done.

Get out of here!

He makes another interesting reduction here with the word them. He says ‘em instead of them.

I’ll give you $200 bucks for all of ‘em.

That seems a little low.

Take ‘em somewhere else then.

Now, saying it one or the other way it depends on the speaker and/or context. Pay attention to how some characters from this movie say ‘em and some say them. Consider pausing the video and repeating what they say.

I love ‘em.

I’m going to give it to them.

In spite of everything you’ve done for them, eventually, they will hate you. Why brother?

In a similar way, this character reduces him to im.

In the phrase “get a glimpse of him”.

We can barely get a glimpse of him.

Hey Pete, you’re probably looking for a job now, right?

Dad, maybe you can help him out.

No, I appreciate it, but I’ll be fine.

That’s not a problem. I’ll make a few calls.

No, I couldn’t accept it sir.

I like to earn what I get. I can find my own work.

I respect that.

you want to make it on your own steam.

That’s great.

What other skills do you have Parker?

I was thinking of something in photography.

They’re crab.

Crap, crap. Megacrap.

I’ll give you $200 bucks for all of them.

That seems a little low.

Take them somewhere else then.

Sit down.

Give me that.

Give you 300. That’s the standard freelance fee.

Tear up page one. Run that photo instead.

Hey Pete, you’re probably looking for a job now, right?

Dad, maybe you can help him out.

No, I appreciate it, but I’ll be fine.

That’s not a problem. I’ll make a few calls.

As you know, you can say to call someone or you can say the phrase to make a call. Example, would you lend me your phone to make a quick call. By saying this as a phrase, Norman is also able to communicate the sense that he’ll get in touch with people that can give Peter a job.

Peter says he doesn’t need help.

No, I appreciate it, but I’ll be fine.

This is a very common alternative to say thank you. Want to learn more ways that natives say “thank you”?

You can check out this lesson with friends after you finish this video.

I like to earn when I get. I can find my own work.

I respect that.

You want to make it on your own steam. to make it means to succeed in a particular activity. Here Penny uses a common complication, make it as a followed by a profession.

I want you, right now, to give me your 100 percent honest opinion.

Do you think I have what it takes to really make it as an actress?

Yes.

So you think I’ll be on TV and in movies and win awards.

what about that summer during college that you lived with Grandma and you tried to make it as a dancer?

Do you realize we almost made it 10 years without that coming up?

This also means to arrive at a certain place. We sometimes say “I won’t be able to make it” when you can’t go somewhere for some reason.

Maybe you forgot, but we have tickets to the Jets game next week!

Well, I’m sorry, but I don’t think I’ll be able to make it.

But we were gonna go see the Jets!

On your on steam or under your own steam simply means to do something without any help. So in this case Peter parker is trying to be very clear that he doesn’t want to be given a job.

He wants to find it on his own merit, that’s to say, making an effort himself.

They’re crap.

Crap, crap. Megacrap.

if you say that something is crap, you mean that it’s a very bad quality. keep in mind, this is not polite. Example, they sell a lot of cheap stuff, but most of it is crap.

The use of a mega here just intensifies the word. It’s a mega-big shopping center.

Give you 300. That’s the standard freelance fee.

Tear up page one. Run that photo instead.

Peter Parker is a freelance photographer.

when you’re a freelancer, you’re not employed by any company. there are freelance journalists, freelance writers, etc. the opposite idea is expressed with the word in-house.

Anyway, now I’m a freelance message therapist which you know isn’t always steady money, but at least I don’t pay taxes.

A fee is money that you pay to a professional or institution for their work. Then he says

Tear up page one. Run that photo instead.

Literally, to tear something or to tear something up is to pull something so it separates into pieces, as in this illustration.

But here, he probably means it in a figurative way, meetings replace page one of the newspaper for one that has a picture of Spiderman. Run here is used in a similar way as when we say, for example, a movie or TV show is running, which means it’s actively being shown. So, if he’s running a picture in the newspaper, it means they’re showing it.

Spider-Man wasn’t attacking the city. He was trying to save it. That’s slander.

it is not. I resent that.

Slander is spoken. In print, it’s libel.

You don’t trust anybody, that’s your problem.

I trust my barber.

What are you, his lawyer? Get out of here.

Let him sue me. Get rich like a normal person.

That’s what made this country

Jamenson, you slime!

Who’s the photographer who takes the pictures of Spider-Man?

I don’t know who he is.

His stuff comes in the mail.

You’re lying!

I swear.

He’s the one who can bring me to him.

I don’t know who he is.

You are useless.

Set him down, tough guy.

Speak of the devil.

Spiderman, I knew you two were in this together!

Hey Kiddo, let Mom and Dad talk for a minute. Will ya?

Sleep.

Spider-Man wasn’t attacking the city. He was trying to save it. That’s slander.

it is not. I resent that.

Slander is spoken. In print, it’s libel.

To resent it to feel angry or upset about a situation or about something that someone has done, especially because you think that it is not fair.

I’m going to Thailand with some friends from high school. Well, a high school.

and if I don’t do it now, I’ll never get to go.

and I’ll always resent you for it.

you don’t want me to resent you, do you?

So you’re dumping me?

Let’s be adults about this.

Then he makes a point about the difference between slander and libel. They both mean the same. They’re a false statement about someone, intended to damage the good opinion that people have of that person.

Slander is spoken in libel is written.

What are you, his lawyer? Get out of here.

Let him sue me. Get rich like a normal person.

That’s what made this country

to sue means to make a legal claim against someone, especially for money, because they have harmed you in some way.

Michael Ran through the sliding glass door because he thought he heard the ice cream truck.

Stop. Stop it! I mean, I like ice cream, okay? Sue me.

Oh, no, don’t.

I shouldn’t say that jokingly, because she will sue me.

She loves to sue.

She loves lawsuits.

Mr. Jamieson is exaggerating here, but by saying “let him sue me. Get rich like a normal person” gives the cultural that Americans are famous for suing other people or companies for virtually any reason.

We saw this in our recent how I met your mother lesson.

I don’t care, it’s dumb– let’s go buy something that’s bad for us and then sue the people who made it”.

That’s American, Robin.

You are useless.

Set him down, tough guy.

Speak of the devil.

Spiderman, I knew you two were in this together!

Set means to put someone or something in a position. This verb can take many prepositions, like in/into/on/down/back.

Well

I found the nail gun.

Oh, yay.

Weirdest thing. It was wrapped in an old towel stuffed in a box on the top shelf of the closet.

Well, just set it down on the counter.

The expression speak of the devil is used when you are speaking about a person and then that person appears.

Pardon me.

Speak of the devil. We were just talking about you. Have a seat.

Okay.

Spiderman, I knew you two were in this together!

This is a way of saying they’re working together.

This has a deeper meaning when you say this to a friend, for example.

if you and someone else say, “We’re in this together” it means you support and encourage each other to do something that’s challenging.

Hey kiddo, let Mom and Dad talk for a minute. Will ya?

we sometimes add this as a mini question at the end of a command.

Let’s see some examples.

Phil, help me settle let my horse, will you?

Tie my apron, will you?

My pleasure.

Uh, not my – not my pleasure, of course.

That sounds weird, and I’m not weird man.

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Who is Spider-Man?

He’s a criminal, that’s who he is.

A vigilante, a public menace.

What’s he doing on my front page?

We sold out four printings.

Sold out?

Every copy.

Tomorrow, Spider-Man, page one with a decent picture this time.

Move Conway to page seven.

That’s a problem with page seven.

Then make it page eight and get him 10% off and make it 5%.

That can’t be done.

Get out of here!

Problem is we don’t have a decent picture.

Eddie’s been on it for weeks, but we can barely get a glimpse of him.

Aw, what is he, shy?

If we can get a picture of Julia Roberts in a thong, we can certainly get a picture of this weirdo.

Put an ad on the front page: “Cash money for a picture of Spider-Man”.

He doesn’t want to be famous? Then I’ll make him infamous!

Hey Pete, you’re probably looking for a job now, right?

Dad, maybe you can help him out.

No, I appreciate it, but I’ll be fine.

That’s not a problem. I’ll make a few calls.

No, I couldn’t accept it sir.

I like to earn what I get. I can find my own work.

I respect that.

you want to make it on your own steam.

That’s great.

What other skills do you have Parker?

I was thinking of something in photography.

They’re crab.

Crap, crap. Megacrap.

I’ll give you $200 bucks for all of them.

That seems a little low.

Take them somewhere else then.

Sit down.

Give me that.

Give you 300. That’s the standard freelance fee.

Tear up page one. Run that photo instead.

Spider-Man wasn’t attacking the city. He was trying to save it. That’s slander.

it is not. I resent that.

Slander is spoken. In print, it’s libel.

You don’t trust anybody, that’s your problem.

I trust my barber.

What are you, his lawyer? Get out of here.

Let him sue me. Get rich like a normal person.

That’s what made this country

Jamenson, you slime!

Who’s the photographer who takes the pictures of Spider-Man?

I don’t know who he is.

His stuff comes in the mail.

You’re lying!

I swear.

He’s the one who can bring me to him.

I don’t know who he is.

You are useless.

Set him down, tough guy.

Speak of the devil.

Spiderman, I knew you two were in this together!

Hey Kiddo, let Mom and Dad talk for a minute. Will ya?

Sleep.