Ellen Taught This Fan How to Speak English — Transcript

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1. 0:00Our next guest is sitting in the audience right now.
2. 0:02And it could be you.
3. 0:03Everybody stand up.
4. 0:07All right.
5. 0:08And you have to be honest here.
6. 0:09Stay standing if you watch my show every day.
7. 0:13Every day.
8. 0:18You should be ashamed of yourselves.
9. 0:22Stay standing if you have written me over 30 letters.
10. 0:30Stay standing if you're originally
11. 0:32from the Dominican Republic.
12. 0:46Stay standing if you've learned English by watching my show.
13. 0:52Diana, come on down.
14. 1:12Hi.
15. 1:13Diana Aquino, right?
16. 1:15Yes.
17. 1:16Hello.
18. 1:16Hi.
19. 1:17Hi.
20. 1:18I love you.
21. 1:19I love you, too.
22. 1:20I love you, too.
23. 1:21You're very sweet.
24. 1:22So, first of all, it was a great way
25. 1:25to find out who watches my show everyday.
26. 1:31So when did you move here from the Dominican Republic?
27. 1:34I moved here on May of 2011.
28. 1:39OK.
29. 1:39And you didn't speak any English at all?
30. 1:41No.
31. 1:41I literally speak two words.
32. 1:43It was hello and goodbye.
33. 1:45The most important words here.
34. 1:47Really.
35. 1:47Of course.
36. 1:48All right.
37. 1:48And so you learned English from watching my show.
38. 1:51And how did you do that?
39. 1:53Oh.
40. 1:53OK.
41. 1:54That's a funny story.
42. 1:55I was just flipping through the channels,
43. 1:58just flipping through it.
44. 1:59And I just came to your face.
45. 2:02You were there I asked my mom, "Who is that?"
46. 2:04And my mom was like, "She's Ellen.
47. 2:06She's really funny.
48. 2:07Just watch the show.
49. 2:09You will love her.
50. 2:10I was like, "But I don't understand what she's saying.
51. 2:12She was like, "Me either.
52. 2:13But just watch it.
53. 2:14She's hilarious.
54. 2:16And then I was like, "OK.
55. 2:17I watch it."
56. 2:18I didn't understand anything you were saying, literally.
57. 2:21I'm sorry, but I didn't.
58. 2:23And then, at the end of the show, it was like,
59. 2:27there was just this word that you say.
60. 2:28You say, "Be kind."
61. 2:31And then that word stuck with me.
62. 2:34You know when you get this word that you really
63. 2:37want to see what it is.
64. 2:39I got my dictionary.
65. 2:41I looked it up.
66. 2:41And I kept looking at the wrong word,
67. 2:44with the C instead of the K. Oh, my God.
68. 2:48But I got it.
69. 2:49And I saw how the word kind, and it means kindness,
70. 2:52to be good to other people.
71. 2:54And that stuck with me forever, because I'm loud.
72. 2:59I'm affectionate.
73. 3:00I like to be kind to everyone.
74. 3:02So that just stuck with me to be who I am, with myself.
75. 3:07So yeah.
76. 3:07That's so sweet.
77. 3:09I love that.
78. 3:10I love that.
79. 3:11So you said that you're very affectionate.
80. 3:17I know that our culture is not as
81. 3:18affectionate as your culture.
82. 3:20Right?
83. 3:20Yes.
84. 3:21Y'all are very affectionate, and Americans are very uptight.
85. 3:25Over there in Dominican, we are so loud.
86. 3:28And we know everybody.
87. 3:29We know every neighbor by name.
88. 3:31We hug.
89. 3:32We kiss in the cheek.
90. 3:35And we hug you no matter what.
91. 3:36If we meet you for the first time, we will still hug you.
92. 3:39We still crazy.
93. 3:40So I just keep doing that.
94. 3:41Yeah.
95. 3:41You keep doing it.
96. 3:42You keep hugging them.
97. 3:43You kiss them in the cheek.
98. 3:44Of course.
99. 3:45I do it.
100. 3:45All right.
101. 3:46And so you're putting yourself through college.
102. 3:48You're a math tutor, And what else do you Do
103. 3:51I'm a math tutor right now and I'm a cashier, sixth floor,
104. 3:58in a retail store.
105. 4:00In a retail store.
106. 4:01So all right.
107. 4:02So I have a gift for you, because you
108. 4:04said you learned English watching me.
109. 4:07So I have the Ellen DeGeneres Dictionary.
110. 4:11All right.
111. 4:11Thank you.
112. 4:13All right.
113. 4:13So Let's see.
114. 4:18All right.
115. 4:18The first word of course, it starts with an Andy.
116. 4:21And it's a noun.
117. 4:22And the definition is an average human.
118. 4:26OK.
119. 4:28I love Andy.
120. 4:29He's so cool.
121. 4:30I love Andy.
122. 4:32I love him, too.
123. 4:33And then we have a Bachelor.
124. 4:35And that's a noun, a television show Ellen tries not to watch
125. 4:37but inevitably gets sucked back into every season.
126. 4:41It's OK.
127. 4:42Me too.
128. 4:44I know.
129. 4:44They pull you in.
130. 4:46And then we have glitter.
131. 4:47It's a noun.
132. 4:48Tiny pieces of sparkly material that make me an absolute mess
133. 4:51and should be illegal.
134. 4:53Oh, my God.
135. 4:54Right.
136. 4:54Then we go further back in the dictionary we have Shutterfly.
137. 4:57It's a noun.
138. 4:57It's an incredible company that loves sharing life's joy
139. 5:00and wants to help you with your education
140. 5:02by giving you a check for $10,000.
141. 5:10Oh, my God.
142. 5:15Thank you so much!
143. 5:17You're welcome.
144. 5:18Hi.
145. 5:18I'm Andy.
146. 5:19Ellen asked me to remind you to subscribe to her channel
147. 5:21so you can see more awesome videos, like videos
148. 5:24of me getting scared or saying embarrassing things,
149. 5:26like ball peen hammer.
150. 5:28And also some videos of Ellen and other celebrities,
151. 5:30if you're into that sort of thing.
152. 5:34God!