Learn English with PODCASTS — Why Tom Holland DELETED His Instagram — Transcript

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1. 0:00I decided to delete my Instagram I would
2. 0:02be on set working I'd come and sit in my
3. 0:04chair and just scroll scroll scroll
4. 0:05scroll scroll and it was it was becoming
5. 0:08a problem I was just obsessed with it
6. 0:10and I was obsessed to find out what they
7. 0:11thought about me so I decided to make an
8. 0:13announcement and say that I'm taking a
9. 0:15break from social media and the thing
10. 0:17that really upset me is the Press ran
11. 0:18with that and they tried to make out
12. 0:21that I was having this mental breakdown
13. 0:23they took the story in the wrong
14. 0:25direction oh look he's not the perfect
15. 0:27happy go-lucky kid you think he is he's
16. 0:29having a nervous break down in New York
17. 0:31kind of painted people looking for help
18. 0:33in the wrong
19. 0:36[Music]
20. 0:38light what's up everyone I'm Izzy your
21. 0:41real life English fluency coach and
22. 0:43today we have a great conversation to
23. 0:45learn English with between the actor the
24. 0:47famous actor Tom Holland and podcaster
25. 0:50Jay Shetty in this interview we get to
26. 0:52see Tom opening up and talk about why he
27. 0:55decided to step away from Instagram to
28. 0:57protect his mental health and the clip
29. 0:59is packed with so many useful
30. 1:01expressions in English and I'll help you
31. 1:03master all of these today and if you go
32. 1:05to our app you can even practice
33. 1:08everything so you become more fluent and
34. 1:10capable of using these words when you
35. 1:11speak you can check it out for free by
36. 1:13clicking the link in the description
37. 1:15below now let's get started with the
38. 1:16lesson first you'll watch the clip then
39. 1:19you'll learn with it and at the end I'm
40. 1:22going to let you test your comprehension
41. 1:23by watching the entire clip a final time
42. 1:26without any subtitles
43. 1:29[Music]
44. 1:33I was in New York I was shooting the
45. 1:34crow crowded
46. 1:36room and I was having a really hard time
47. 1:38with the job just because of how taxing
48. 1:40it was and I decided to delete my
49. 1:43Instagram because I just felt like I was
50. 1:45so addicted to this kind of false
51. 1:47version of my life that it was just
52. 1:49taking over I would be on set working
53. 1:51I'd come and sit in my chair and just
54. 1:53scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll and
55. 1:54it was it was becoming a problem I was
56. 1:57just obsessed with it and I was obsessed
57. 1:59to find out what people were saying and
58. 2:01how people what they thought about me so
59. 2:04I decided to make an announcement and
60. 2:06say that I'm taking a break from social
61. 2:08media and the thing that really upset me
62. 2:10is the Press ran with that and they
63. 2:12tried to make out that I was having this
64. 2:15mental breakdown and what upset me was
65. 2:18if I was having a mental breakdown
66. 2:20that's not for you to report
67. 2:22[Music]
68. 2:25on all right now let's break down the
69. 2:27clip and learn all the advanced
70. 2:29vocabulary in pronunciation with Tom
71. 2:31Holland I was in New York I was shooting
72. 2:33the crown crowded room in this context
73. 2:36shooting means filming the crowded room
74. 2:39we should mention here is a
75. 2:41psychological Thriller TV series where
76. 2:43Tom is the protagonist so he says he was
77. 2:46having a hard time filming it meaning he
78. 2:48was struggling it was a difficult moment
79. 2:50for him that's a nice casual location
80. 2:53you can use too theyes say it all the
81. 2:55time check this out our family doesn't
82. 2:58run from things miles
83. 3:01yeah I
84. 3:05know what's that about he's having a
85. 3:07hard time Jeff and I was having a really
86. 3:10hard time with the job just because of
87. 3:12how taxing it was the emotional that's
88. 3:14also what he meant by saying it was
89. 3:16taxing it was difficult exhausting and
90. 3:19drained his energy in Tom's case playing
91. 3:22this intense role in this series was
92. 3:25emotionally taxing I decided to delete
93. 3:27my Instagram because I just felt like I
94. 3:29was so addicted to this kind of false
95. 3:32version of my life that it was just
96. 3:33taking over when something takes over it
97. 3:36takes control Tom means Instagram was
98. 3:39taking control of his life of his
99. 3:41thoughts and actions and it was hard to
100. 3:42focus on his job see how he describes
101. 3:45what he would do I would be on set
102. 3:46working I'd come and sit in my chair and
103. 3:48just scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll
104. 3:50and it was this action is called
105. 3:52scrolling it's a common expression
106. 3:54nowadays but you should know this
107. 3:55particular use of the verb to scroll
108. 3:58already existed before smartphone since
109. 4:00we also scroll on a computer using a
110. 4:02mouse another expression that people use
111. 4:05these days to refer to this specific
112. 4:07negative experience of scroll scroll
113. 4:10scroll when you're using Instagram or
114. 4:12Tik Tok is Doom scrolling I was just
115. 4:15obsessed with it and I was obsessed to
116. 4:17find out what people were saying and how
117. 4:18people what they thought about me did
118. 4:20you notice how Tom pronounces the words
119. 4:22that end with a t- sound let's give a
120. 4:24listen to this part again but more
121. 4:25slowly and I was obsessed to find out
122. 4:29what people were saying all these words
123. 4:31were pronounced with a stop T out what
124. 4:36thought about natives often do this now
125. 4:40to do a stop T sound you simply prepare
126. 4:43to make a t- sound but then you stop the
127. 4:45flow of air and make a short pause now
128. 4:48try to repeat after me out what
129. 4:53about now what else can we find here
130. 4:56that's more advanced pronunciation well
131. 4:58these phrases have some connected speech
132. 5:00in them that's when natives cut link and
133. 5:03morph fors together when they speak the
134. 5:06word obsessed ends with a T sound
135. 5:08obsessed and because the next word
136. 5:11starts with a T they morph obsessed not
137. 5:15obsessed to but obsessed to and a D from
138. 5:19find gets linked to the vowel sound from
139. 5:21the next word find out now let's try to
140. 5:25repeat after a time and I was obsessed
141. 5:27to find out what people were saying and
142. 5:29I was obsessed to find out what people
143. 5:32were
144. 5:37saying and say like I'm taking a break
145. 5:39from social media because I feel like my
146. 5:40mental health will benefit from it and
147. 5:43the thing that really upset me is the
148. 5:44Press ran with that and they tried to
149. 5:47make out that I was having this mental
150. 5:49breakdown to run with something is a
151. 5:52collocation that means to take an idea
152. 5:53and develop it further without
153. 5:55hesitation it can be used in both
154. 5:58negative and positive context text for
155. 6:01example a more positive situation could
156. 6:03be she had a great idea for the project
157. 6:05and the team ran with it meaning they
158. 6:08developed and expanded on the idea in
159. 6:10this case Tom is saying that the press
160. 6:12that is magazines newspapers TV news Etc
161. 6:16they took the story which was pretty
162. 6:18straightforward and they changed the
163. 6:20narrative and that's what he means by
164. 6:22this line and they try to make out that
165. 6:25I was having this mental breakdown in
166. 6:28this context to make out refers to
167. 6:30creating a certain impression or to
168. 6:32pretend for example she's trying to make
169. 6:34out that she's Rich so instead of
170. 6:37focusing on the positive reason behind
171. 6:39his decision the Press made it sound
172. 6:41like he was having a mental breakdown a
173. 6:44point where a person gets so stressed
174. 6:46because of their thoughts and emotions
175. 6:48that they collapse they stop functioning
176. 6:50properly like when a machine breaks down
177. 6:53and Tom was upset with the news because
178. 6:55he was actually taking steps to avoid
179. 6:58reaching that point of breakdown
180. 7:00and by the way remember that you can
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195. 7:29you
196. 7:33there they they took the story in the
197. 7:36wrong direction and they Tred they
198. 7:37painted again this negative light on
199. 7:40Mental Health rather than saying oh he's
200. 7:43doing it it's okay that he's doing it so
201. 7:45we should all feel okay to do it too
202. 7:47they were saying oh look he's not the
203. 7:49perfect happy go-lucky kid you think he
204. 7:51is he's having a nervous breakdown in
205. 7:52New York and I think that that was a
206. 7:54really unfair line of Journalism let's
207. 7:58say yeah yeah yeah absolutely absolutely
208. 8:00it almost sounds like you were actually
209. 8:03preemptively going I'm doing this so
210. 8:06that I don't right go in that direction
211. 8:09totally at least I'm not trying to put
212. 8:10words in your mouth but abely it's
213. 8:12almost like I'm proactively seeing that
214. 8:14I could end up in a position where sure
215. 8:16I might have a breakdown I don't want to
216. 8:17be in that position and so I'm
217. 8:18responsibly saying guys I'm taking a
218. 8:21break in order to protect myself 100%
219. 8:24yeah which makes a lot of sense and
220. 8:25actually is quite admirable again
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231. 8:49of our new lessons they they took the
232. 8:51story in the wrong direction and they
233. 8:53try they painted again this negative
234. 8:55light on Mental Health to paint
235. 8:57something negatively means describe or
236. 9:00show something in a bad way it's very
237. 9:02similar to try to make out something
238. 9:04about a situation to paint it a certain
239. 9:07way and he goes on to use yet another
240. 9:09similar phrase check it out they they
241. 9:11took the story in the wrong direction
242. 9:13and they try they painted again this
243. 9:16negative light on Mental Health to show
244. 9:18someone in a bad light or negative light
245. 9:21as he says is exactly what he's talking
246. 9:23about and by the way you may also hear
247. 9:25the opposite phrase in a good light they
248. 9:28were saying oh look he's not the perfect
249. 9:31happy go-lucky kid you think he is he's
250. 9:32having a nervous breakdown in New York
251. 9:35and I think that that was a really
252. 9:37unfair line of Journalism if you call
253. 9:40someone happy gol lucky you mean they
254. 9:42are not concerned about the future and
255. 9:44just enjoy life without planning Tom
256. 9:47felt this way or method of doing
257. 9:49journalism or as he says this line of
258. 9:52Journalism was unfair yeah yeah
259. 9:56absolutely absolutely it almost sounds
260. 9:57like you were actually
261. 10:00preemptively going I'm doing this so
262. 10:02that I don't go in that direction if you
263. 10:05act preemptively in a situation you're
264. 10:08thinking ahead and doing something in
265. 10:09advance to avoid problems for example
266. 10:12packing the night before a trip helps
267. 10:14you avoid rushing things in the morning
268. 10:17you're acting preemptively in case
269. 10:19something expected happens you have time
270. 10:21to deal with it in a strategic context
271. 10:24like in the military a preemptive strike
272. 10:26is an attack launched to prevent an
273. 10:28expected attack from the
274. 10:31enemy how old are you Dan How old uh I'm
275. 10:3532 you having some kind of preemptive
276. 10:38midlife crisis oh this mom he rides a
277. 10:41motorbike I'll take you for a ride in it
278. 10:43sometimes you yeah yeah absolutely
279. 10:45absolutely it almost sounds like you
280. 10:46were actually
281. 10:48preemptively going I'm doing this so
282. 10:51that I don't go in that direction
283. 10:54totally at least I'm not trying to put
284. 10:55words in your mouth but absolutely
285. 10:57putting words in one's mouth refers is
286. 10:59saying that someone means one thing when
287. 11:01the person really meant something else
288. 11:04imagine two people having an argument
289. 11:06you could hear something like I didn't
290. 11:08say this don't try to put words in my
291. 11:10mouth in this case J shett is just being
292. 11:13respectful saying he knows Tom didn't
293. 11:15say those words exactly but that that's
294. 11:17what he understands from Tom's story
295. 11:20it's almost like I'm proactively seeing
296. 11:22that I could end up in a position where
297. 11:23sure I might have a breakdown I don't
298. 11:25want to be in that position and so I'm
299. 11:26responsibly saying guys I'm taking a
300. 11:29break
301. 11:29in to protect myself another word we use
302. 11:32to talk about taking action early is
303. 11:36proactively like exercising regularly is
304. 11:39a proactive way to maintain good health
305. 11:41instead of just waiting until you get
306. 11:42sick to go to the doctor it's almost
307. 11:45like I'm proactively seeing that I could
308. 11:47end up in a position where sure I might
309. 11:49have a breakdown I don't want to be in
310. 11:50that position and so I'm responsibly
311. 11:52saying guys I'm taking a break in order
312. 11:54to protect myself to end up means to
313. 11:57eventually find yourself in a c certain
314. 11:59situation often without planning it for
315. 12:02example the movie we wanted to see was
316. 12:04sold out there were no tickets available
317. 12:06so we ended up seeing a different one
318. 12:09all right I know you've been waiting for
319. 12:10this part now we're going to test your
320. 12:12comprehension by watching the entire
321. 12:14clip a final time without subtitles and
322. 12:17I'm going to ask you some quiz questions
323. 12:19let's do
324. 12:22[Music]
325. 12:24this I was in New York I was shooting
326. 12:27the crown crowded room
327. 12:29and I was having a really hard time with
328. 12:31the job just because of how taxing it
329. 12:33was which word describes something that
330. 12:35is physically or mentally difficult and
331. 12:38exhausting shooting tasking
332. 12:50taxing I decided to delete my Instagram
333. 12:53because I just felt like I was so
334. 12:55addicted to this kind of false version
335. 12:57of my life that it was just taking over
336. 12:59I would be on set working I'd come and
337. 13:01sit in my chair and just scroll scroll
338. 13:03scroll scroll scroll and it was it was
339. 13:05becoming a problem I was just obsessed
340. 13:07with it and I was obsessed to find out
341. 13:09what people were saying and how people
342. 13:11what they thought about me so I decided
343. 13:13to make an announcement and say that I'm
344. 13:16taking a break from social media and the
345. 13:18thing that really upset me is the Press
346. 13:19ran with that and they tried to make out
347. 13:22that I was having this mental breakdown
348. 13:25and what upset me was if I was having a
349. 13:28mental breakdown that's not for you to
350. 13:30report on what does the phrase run with
351. 13:32it mean to run as fast as
352. 13:36possible to accept an idea and develop
353. 13:38it further to ignore instructions and do
354. 13:41your own
355. 13:43[Music]
356. 13:50thing and they tried to make out that I
357. 13:53was having this mental breakdown and
358. 13:56what upset me was if I was having a Al
359. 13:59breakdown that's not for you to report
360. 14:01on they they they took the story in the
361. 14:03wrong direction and they try they
362. 14:04painted again this negative light on
363. 14:07Mental Health rather than saying oh he's
364. 14:10doing it it's okay that he's doing it so
365. 14:12we should all feel okay to do it too
366. 14:14they were saying oh look do you remember
367. 14:16the phrase Tom use here meaning to make
368. 14:19someone look bad
369. 14:21[Music]
370. 14:27[Music]
371. 14:30to paint any bed
372. 14:32light yeah yeah absolutely absolutely it
373. 14:35almost sounds like you were actually
374. 14:38preemptively going I'm doing this so
375. 14:41that I don't go in that direction
376. 14:43totally at least I'm not trying to put
377. 14:45words in your mouth but absolutely it's
378. 14:47almost like I'm proactively seeing that
379. 14:49I could end up in a position where sure
380. 14:51I might have a breakdown I don't want to
381. 14:52be in that position and so I'm
382. 14:53responsibly saying guys I'm taking a
383. 14:55break in order to protect myself 100%
384. 14:59which makes a lot of sense and actually
385. 15:00is quite admirable again which of these
386. 15:02actions is an example of a preemptive
387. 15:04one putting on sunscreen when at the
388. 15:07beach fixing a leak in your house
389. 15:11apologizing after hurting someone's
390. 15:19[Music]
391. 15:22feelings all right guys great job now
392. 15:25remember to go and practice everything
393. 15:27that you learned today on the real life
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396. 15:32vocabulary practice right away and I
397. 15:35have spent a lot of time with you more
398. 15:36than you've wanted uh you are you are a
399. 15:39very nice fellow but I suspect oops what
400. 15:42are you
401. 15:44doing are you are you new to show
402. 15:48business no I'm just about to storm off
403. 15:51your show in
404. 15:52a part of the half hour thing is you got
405. 15:55to mic yourself yeah exactly we're
406. 15:58cutting corners around here yeah uh you
407. 16:00know what I'm was curious I was bringing
408. 16:02up