0:01 What was where where did the auditions
0:02 come from? Like how did that become a
0:04 part of your life? [music]
0:08 >> Yes. So I did not go to a performing
0:11 arts school. I'd never done anything. I
0:14 never acted professionally, but they
0:17 came they they did like a basically
0:20 countrywide search to find [music]
0:21 Harry, Hermione, and Ron. And so they
0:24 asked my school if they wanted to submit
0:28 any students who love drama who wanted
0:31 to audition. And so I was one of I think
0:34 about 12 students that was asked if I
0:41 H yeah, I'm Ethan, your real life
0:44 English fluency coach. And today we have
0:47 a fantastic English lesson with a
0:50 conversation between Emma Watson and
0:53 podcaster J. Shetty. In this interview,
0:55 Emma shares her experience getting the
0:57 part of Hermione in the Harry Potter
1:00 movies and why she so highly values
1:02 truth. We're going to learn so many
1:05 advanced expressions along the way. And
1:06 I'll help you master them all and some
1:08 British pronunciation, too. The easiest
1:10 way to ensure that you remember all of
1:12 today's new expressions like performing
1:15 arts, countrywide, and audition that
1:16 we've just seen so that you can actually
1:19 use them confidently and naturally is
1:22 with the magic flashcards on our real
1:24 life app. You can get free access to
1:26 those right now by tapping the link down
1:28 description below from your phone. This
1:30 is how the lesson will work. First,
1:32 you'll watch the clip with subtitles.
1:34 Then, you'll learn all of the key
1:36 expressions and pronunciation. And
1:37 finally, you'll put everything that
1:38 [music] you learned to the test by
1:40 watching it final time without subtitles
1:49 I had this weird weighted [music]
1:53 fated sense of destiny pretty much from
1:57 the moment that that they said they
1:59 mentioned the audition. I remember
2:02 [sighs] I brought I think maybe like
2:04 seven different Beanie Babies with me
2:06 along and like all these different like
2:09 lucky talismans and I loved the world
2:13 and the books so much. My dad had been
2:14 reading them to me before bed when I
2:16 would spend the weekends with him and on
2:18 long car journeys. We'd often drive back
2:20 and forwards to France and that's how
2:22 the time would be passed. Yeah. My poor
2:26 parents because if I hadn't have got it
2:28 I think they knew her crusher. I ended
2:31 up doing nine auditions over a period of
2:34 over a year and a half. I did a pretty
2:37 good job and I'm
2:40 actually I give my mother specifically
2:46 credit for this. She was like a warrior
2:50 for my normaly and for me having an
2:53 ordinary life and going to school and
2:55 no one wanted that. I mean, it would
2:58 have been considerably easier if I had
3:02 not continued going to school. Um, but she,
3:04 she,
3:07 wow, like I will forever be in her debt.
3:13 She somehow knew that me feeling part of
3:16 the ordinary world and feeling I had a
3:18 place in it and that I belonged outside
3:20 of those films was going to be crucial.
3:22 She basically didn't have anyone on her
3:24 team. She was kind of on her own on that
3:35 >> So Emma shares how she landed the role
3:37 that would change her [music] life. She
3:39 didn't attend a performing arts school.
3:43 >> Yes. So I did not go to a performing
3:46 arts school. I'd never done anything. I
3:48 never acted professionally. That's an
3:50 educational institution focused on
3:53 training students in drama, music,
3:55 dance, and other arts performed in front
3:57 of an audience. Instead, she was
3:59 performing a regular school when the
4:01 producers of the Harry Potter movies did
4:02 their countrywide search.
4:04 >> They they did like a basically
4:07 countrywide search to find Harry,
4:08 Hermione, and Ron.
4:10 >> This means they looked across the entire
4:11 country to find [music] the right actors
4:14 for these timeless characters. Here we
4:15 encounter something called word
4:18 formation. how adding a prefix or suffix
4:21 can change a word's meaning or function.
4:22 For example, [music] the suffix wide
4:25 means throughout or extending across
4:27 something. When you add it to a noun
4:28 like country, you create an adjective
4:30 that describes the scope or reach of
4:32 [music] something. For example,
4:34 worldwide across the entire world. The
4:37 pandemic was a worldwide crisis.
4:39 Citywide throughout a city, there's a
4:42 citywide curfew tonight. Companywide
4:43 throughout [music] an entire company.
4:46 We're having a companywide meeting. So
4:47 when Emma says countrywide search, she
4:49 means that they searched everywhere in
4:51 Britain, not just in London, for
4:53 example. By the way, word formation like
4:55 this is super useful for you to add
4:56 thousands of new words to your
4:58 vocabulary. [music] Check out this other
5:00 lesson that we did all about it.
5:05 >> I had this weird weighted fated sense of
5:08 destiny pretty much from the moment that
5:12 that they said they mentioned the
5:14 audition. When something feels weighted,
5:16 it feels heavy with significance. Emma
5:18 is describing this intense, almost
5:19 overwhelming feeling that this audition
5:22 was meant to be. Like destiny was
5:23 pulling her toward it.
5:26 >> I remember I brought I think maybe like
5:29 seven different Beanie Babies with me
5:30 along and like all these different like
5:32 lucky talismans. And
5:34 >> a talisman is an object believed to
5:36 bring good luck or protection. Emma
5:37 mentions one of these being Beanie
5:40 Babies. In the 90s, lots of kids,
5:42 including myself, collected these plush
5:43 toys. People often carry talismans
5:45 [music] during important moments, like a
5:47 lucky coin before an exam or a special
5:48 piece of jewelry at a job interview.
5:51 >> I loved the world and the books so much.
5:54 My dad had been reading them to me
5:55 before bed when I would spend the
5:57 weekends with him and on long car
5:58 journeys. We'd often drive back and
6:01 forwards to France and that's how the
6:02 time would be passed.
6:04 >> This phrase means to travel repeatedly
6:06 between two places. Emma would make the
6:09 journey from England to France and back
6:11 again multiple times with her dad. You
6:12 might also hear people say back and
6:14 forth, which means the same thing. I was
6:16 playing a hunch for an hour is one
6:18 thing, but for 4 hours and then endless
6:21 driving back and forth and back and
6:22 forth, that's
6:23 >> by the way, listen again and pay
6:25 attention to Emma's grammar here.
6:28 >> I loved the world and the books so much.
6:30 My dad had been reading them to me
6:32 before bed when I would spend the
6:33 weekends with him and on long car
6:35 journeys. This is the past perfect
6:37 continuous tense. We use it to talk
6:39 about an action that started in the
6:41 past, continued for a period of time,
6:43 and was still going on, or had just
6:44 finished before another past action.
6:46 [music] In Emma's case, her dad's
6:47 reading was an ongoing, repeated
6:49 activity that happened over time during
6:51 her childhood. It wasn't just one night,
6:53 but a continuous habit. It's especially
6:55 useful for telling stories. Here's a few
6:57 more examples. I was exhausted because
6:58 I'd been studying all night before the
7:01 exam. They had been dating for 2 years
7:03 before they got engaged. [music] She had
7:04 been working at the company for 5 years
7:06 when she got promoted. The key
7:08 difference from simple past perfect
7:10 [music] is that the continuous form
7:11 focuses on the duration of the activity,
7:13 not just its completion. Now, let's
7:15 check out some connected speech. That's
7:17 how we natives cut, reduce, [music] and
7:19 connect our words in fluent speech.
7:21 Check out how Emma said this.
7:22 >> We'd often drive back and forwards to
7:25 France, and that's how the time would be
7:27 passed. and almost always reduces to
7:29 just an un sound in fluent speech like
7:34 in cat and dog or M&M's. So rather than
7:37 saying back and forwards, she links the
7:39 reduced un to back and we hear back and
7:41 forwards. Your speaking will only
7:43 improve with lots of practice. So try to
7:45 listen Emma again and say it just like
7:46 she did.
7:47 >> We'd often drive back and forwards to
7:50 France. We'd often drive back and
7:57 >> Now, let's also focus on some British
7:59 pronunciation. Check out how Emma said
8:02 past, which is different from how an
8:03 American like myself would say it.
8:06 >> That's how the time would be passed.
8:08 >> In British English, especially received
8:10 pronunciation, when the letter A comes
8:12 before certain consonants, is pronounced
8:14 with a longer a sound like the A in
8:16 father, while Americans pronounce it
8:18 with a shorter a sound like the A in
8:20 cat. Let's check out some other
8:24 examples. Class class
8:29 bath bath. Can't dance.
8:31 dance.
8:34 >> Yeah. My poor parents. Because if I
8:37 hadn't have got it, I think they knew
8:39 how crushed. I ended up doing nine
8:41 auditions over a period of over a year
8:42 and a half.
8:43 >> What do you think crushed means in this
8:46 context? To be physically injured. To be
8:49 angry and frustrated. to be disappointed
9:00 Exactly. When you're crushed, you're
9:02 devastated, emotionally broken by
9:03 disappointment. You probably feel
9:06 crushed, for example, if you get into an
9:08 English conversation and that word that
9:10 you know you've learned simply won't
9:12 come to you. Trust me, I've been there
9:13 myself in learning six different
9:15 languages. The truth is, you've learned
9:17 some useful advanced expressions
9:19 already, like crushed, waited, [music]
9:22 and back and forth. But if you don't
9:23 practice these, you'll forget them in
9:25 hours or even minutes. Want to actually
9:28 use these expressions naturally when you
9:29 speak English? If you want to sound
9:31 confident, simply knowing them isn't
9:33 enough. You need to practice them
9:35 [music] until they're automatic. That is
9:36 exactly why we created a set of
9:38 flashcards for you that's available for
9:40 free on our app. The magic is in the
9:43 science behind it. The app uses smart
9:45 technology that brings back words for
9:46 review right when you're about to forget
9:49 them. It's like having your own personal
9:52 coach right in your pocket. Just 10 to
9:54 15 minutes a day and these words will be
9:55 right at the tip of your tongue when you
9:58 need them. Super easy. No more of these
10:00 I know that word, but I can't remember
10:02 it moments. So, click the link in the
10:04 description below to get the Real Life
10:06 English app now. Your future fluent self
10:08 is going to thank you. Now, Emma
10:10 reflects on what helped her to maintain
10:12 balance in those intense years of fame.
10:16 >> I did a pretty good job and I'm
10:18 actually I give my mother specifically
10:25 credit for this. She was like a warrior
10:29 for my normaly and for me having an
10:32 ordinary life and going to school and
10:33 no one wanted that.
10:35 >> What a beautiful way to describe her
10:36 mother. When someone is a warrior for
10:38 something, they fight fiercely and
10:40 determinedly for it. Emma's mom didn't
10:42 just support normaly, she battled
10:44 [music] for it, even when it was the
10:46 harder path. Normaly refers to a normal,
10:49 regular state of life, which for a kid
10:50 is all about going to school and
10:52 spending quality time with friends. You
10:54 could also refer to it as an ordinary life.
10:54 life.
10:56 >> I mean, it would have been considerably
10:59 easier if I had not continued going to
11:03 school. Um, but she
11:06 wow like I will forever be in her debt.
11:08 >> When you're in someone's debt, you owe
11:10 them gratitude for something significant
11:11 they've done for you. It's not about
11:13 money. It's about recognizing that
11:15 someone gave you something so valuable
11:16 that you can never fully repay them.
11:18 >> She basically didn't have anyone on her
11:20 team. She was kind of on her own on that
11:24 one. And she fought tooth and nail.
11:26 >> This vivid idiom means to fight with all
11:28 your strength and determination using
11:30 every resource available. Picture
11:32 someone literally using their teeth and
11:34 nails to fight. That's how hard Emma's
11:36 mom worked to keep her daughter's life
11:38 normal. The image suggests fierce,
11:39 relentless effort against difficult
11:41 odds. Here's another example.
11:43 >> That's when you want someone in your
11:45 corner. Someone who will fight tooth and nail.
11:47 nail.
11:50 Lawyers, we're like health insurance.
11:52 You hope you never need it, but man oh
12:01 If you could create one law that
12:02 everyone in the world had to follow,
12:05 what would it be?
12:07 >> Okay, there's a couple of contenders. I
12:08 want to run you through one of them
12:10 through with you. One would be around
12:12 the importance of
12:14 telling the truth or like speaking your
12:18 truth or just because I feel like
12:21 [laughter] so much so much chaos is
12:23 caused by people not being sure whether
12:25 or not they should or it's a good idea
12:27 to or
12:28 >> speaking the truth is kindness. There's
12:32 an amazing quote which actually is
12:33 was given to me recently by a friend
12:35 which is like truth without kindness is brutality
12:37 brutality and
12:39 and
12:41 kindness without truth is manipulation.
12:44 >> And so when I say like tell your truth,
12:45 I don't mean going around [laughter]
12:48 like just being awful to everyone. I
12:50 mean like
12:52 >> telling the microscopic truth and like
12:55 having those being willing to have a
12:57 tolerance for those conversations. One
12:58 of my favorite metaphors, I actually
13:00 wrote about this recently for being in a
13:02 relationship with anyone is like you're
13:05 in it's in a way it's it's a dance. It's
13:07 a fight. Like I think about boxing in
13:09 the sense of like who is going to go
13:11 down to the mat with you and like not
13:13 tap out because
13:15 >> being honest about what's really going
13:18 on is uncomfortable and it's risky. As
13:20 we talked about earlier, you risk every
13:22 time you tell the truth of maybe losing
13:24 someone that you love because you don't
13:25 know how they're going to respond to
13:27 whatever your truth is. But I think to
13:30 live that way creates the intimacy and
13:32 connection that I think we long for
13:43 Okay, there's a couple of contenders. I
13:44 want to run you through one of them
13:46 [laughter] here with you. Contenders are
13:48 candidates or options competing for
13:49 selection. Like contestants in a
13:51 competition, Emma has several possible
13:53 answers for what law everyone should
13:55 follow. And these are her top
13:56 contenders. Emma touches on something
13:59 profound here. She's talking about the
14:01 microscopic truth, which we'll get to in
14:02 a moment. But first, let's check out
14:04 this quote that she [music] shared.
14:06 >> Truth without kindness is brutality, and
14:08 and
14:11 kindness without truth is manipulation.
14:13 >> Brutality refers to savage cruelty or
14:15 harshness. When you tell the truth
14:17 without any kindness or care for the
14:18 person's feelings, [music] it becomes
14:20 brutal, like a weapon used to hurt
14:22 instead of to help. In fact, if you need
14:25 to tell someone a difficult truth, you
14:26 might use the phrase, "Let me be
14:29 brutally honest with you." Manipulation
14:31 is when you control or influence someone
14:34 in a dishonest or unfair way. If you're
14:36 kind but never honest, you're actually
14:38 manipulating people, keeping them from
14:40 reality for your own benefit or comfort.
14:43 [music] This balance between truth and
14:45 kindness is what Emma sees as essential
14:48 for genuine connection. By the way, can
14:50 you be brutally honest with me by
14:52 letting me know what kind of lessons you
14:55 want? Take a moment to pause and comment
14:57 down below at least one series, movie,
14:59 or celebrity that you'd love a lesson
15:01 with. This helps us to make more lessons
15:03 that you'll truly enjoy. And me and the
15:05 real life team read every single
15:07 comment. And so when I say like tell
15:09 your truth, I don't mean going around
15:11 [laughter] like just being awful to
15:14 everyone. I mean like telling the
15:17 microscopic truth and like having those
15:20 being willing to have a tolerance for
15:21 those conversations.
15:24 >> Now this is fascinating. Microscopic
15:26 literally means extremely small, visible
15:29 only under a microscope. But here Emma
15:30 uses it metaphorically to mean [music]
15:33 the tiny detailed truths, even the
15:35 uncomfortable ones we usually avoid.
15:36 Next, let's check out another common
15:37 instance of connected speech.
15:39 >> One of my favorite metaphors, I actually
15:41 wrote about this recently for being in a
15:43 relationship with anyone is like you're
15:46 in it's in a way it's it's a dance.
15:48 >> You'll almost always hear one of
15:50 pronounced as one of. Let's check out
15:52 some other examples. That's one of my
15:54 most common mistakes. It's one of a
15:57 kind. One of them can't come. You can
15:59 see that when a vowel falls of, we
16:02 maintain the vv sound which links to the
16:04 vowel. But if it's followed by a
16:06 consonant, the VV sound disappears. [music]
16:06 [music]
16:08 Your speaking will only get better with
16:10 lots of practice. So listen to Emma
16:11 again and try to repeat that just like
16:12 she said it.
16:14 >> One of my favorite metaphors. One of my
16:22 Like I think about boxing in the sense
16:24 of like who is going to go down to the
16:26 mat with you and like not tap out
16:29 because being honest about what's really
16:32 going on is uncomfortable and it's
16:34 risky. As we talked about earlier,
16:37 >> to tap out means to give up or quit
16:39 during a difficult situation, to dance
16:41 or make a tapping sound, to reach out
16:52 Tap out comes from wrestling in martial
16:54 arts when a fighter taps the mat to
16:56 signal they surrender. Emma's asking who
16:57 will stay in the difficult conversations
16:59 with you instead of giving up when
17:01 things get uncomfortable.
17:03 >> But I think to live that way creates the
17:05 intimacy and connection that I think we
17:07 long for
17:10 >> and also like sets people free in a way.
17:12 >> To long for something means to have a
17:14 deep intense desire or yearning for it.
17:16 It's stronger than just wanting. [music]
17:19 It's a profound need. Emma believes we
17:20 all long for real intimacy and
17:23 connection and that honesty is the path
17:24 to get there. What Emma shares here is
17:26 really beautiful. The idea that
17:28 truthtelling, when done with kindness,
17:30 can create the sort of deep connection
17:33 that we all crave. It's risky and
17:35 uncomfortable, but it's what transforms
17:37 relationships from surface level to
17:39 truly meaningful. Now, let's get to the
17:41 most important part of the lesson.
17:42 You'll watch all the clips again, this
17:45 time without subtitles. And in case
17:47 that's not enough, I'm going to really
17:48 test your [music] tolerance by asking
17:58 >> What was where where did the auditions
17:59 come from? Like how did that become a
18:01 part of your life?
18:05 >> Yes. So, I did not go to a performing
18:08 arts school. I'd never done anything. I
18:11 never acted professionally, but they
18:14 came they they did like a basically
18:17 countrywide search to find Harry,
18:19 Hermione, and Ron. And so they asked my
18:22 school if they wanted to submit any
18:25 students who love drama who wanted to
18:28 audition. And so I was one of I think
18:31 about 12 students that was asked if I
18:34 wanted to audition. I had this weird
18:39 weighted fated sense of destiny pretty
18:43 much from the moment that that they said
18:46 they mentioned the audition. I remember
18:48 I brought I think maybe like seven
18:51 different Beanie Babies with me along
18:52 and like all these different like lucky
18:55 talismans and I loved the world and the
18:59 books so much. My dad had been reading
19:00 them to me before bed when I would spend
19:02 the weekends with him and on long car
19:04 journeys. We'd often drive back and
19:06 forwards to France and that's how the
19:08 time would be passed. Yeah. My poor
19:12 parents because if I hadn't have got it,
19:13 I think they knew her crusher. I ended
19:16 up doing nine auditions over a period of
19:20 over a year and a half. I did a pretty
19:23 good job and I'm
19:25 actually I give my mother specifically
19:32 credit for this. She was like a warrior
19:35 for my normaly.
19:36 >> If someone is described as a [music]
19:38 warrior for education, they teach
19:40 martial arts in school, fight fiercely
19:42 and determinedly [music] for educational
19:44 causes are a soldier who studies in
19:54 and for me having an ordinary life and
19:57 going to school and
19:59 no one wanted that. I mean it would have
20:02 been considerably easier if I had not
20:07 continued going to school. Um but she
20:11 wow like I will forever be in her debt.
20:17 She somehow knew that me feeling part of
20:19 the ordinary world and feeling I had a
20:22 place in it and that I belonged outside
20:24 of those films was going to be crucial.
20:26 She basically didn't have anyone on her
20:28 team. She was kind of on her own on that one.
20:29 one.
20:49 When my sister wanted to drop out of
20:51 college, my parents fought tooth and
20:53 nail to convince her [music] to stay and
20:54 finish her degree.
20:57 >> And she fought tooth and nail.
20:59 >> If you could create one law that
21:01 everyone in the world had to follow,
21:04 what would it be?
21:05 Okay, there's a couple of contenders I
21:06 want to run you through on them with
21:09 you. One would be around the importance of
21:11 of
21:13 telling the truth or like speaking your
21:17 truth or just because I feel like so
21:20 much so much chaos is caused by people
21:22 not being sure whether or not they
21:25 should or it's a good idea to or
21:26 >> speaking the truth of kindness. There's
21:30 an amazing quote which actually is
21:32 was given to me recently by a friend
21:34 which is like truth without kindness is brutality
21:35 brutality and
21:37 and
21:39 kindness without truth is manipulation.
22:01 And so when I say like tell your truth,
22:03 I don't mean going around like just
22:05 [laughter] being awful to everyone. I
22:09 mean like telling the microscopic truth
22:12 and like having those being willing to
22:13 have a tolerance for those
22:15 conversations. One of my favorite
22:16 metaphors, I actually wrote about this
22:18 recently for being in a relationship
22:21 with anyone is like you're in it's in a
22:23 way it's it's a dance. It's a fight.
22:25 Like I think about boxing in the sense
22:27 of like who is going to go down to the
22:30 mat with you and like not tap out because
22:30 because
22:33 >> being honest about what's really going
22:36 on is uncomfortable and it's risky as we
22:38 talked about earlier. You risk every
22:40 time you tell the truth of maybe losing
22:42 someone that you love because you don't
22:43 know how they're going to respond to
22:45 whatever your truth is. But I think to
22:48 live that way creates the intimacy and
22:50 connection that I think we long for.
22:53 >> True or false? When you long for
22:55 something, it means you have a mild
23:10 and also like sets people free in a way.
23:12 >> A yeah, I hope that you had a lot of fun
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23:44 Holland next.
23:46 I decided to delete my Instagram. I
23:48 would be on set working. I'd come and
23:50 sit in my chair and just scroll scroll
23:52 scroll scroll scroll. And it was it was
23:54 becoming a problem. I was just obsessed
23:56 with it and I was obsessed to find out
23:57 what they thought about me. So I decided
23:59 to make an announcement and say that I'm
24:01 taking a break from social media. And
24:03 the thing that really upset me is the
24:05 press ran with that and they tried to
24:07 make out that I was having this mental
24:09 breakdown. They took the story in the
24:11 wrong direction. Oh, look, he's not the
24:13 perfect happy golucky kid you think he
24:14 is. is he's having a nervous breakdown
