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4. 0:30>> [music]
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6. 0:36>> Welcome to Live Interactive English
7. 0:38everyone. Hello. I'm Mike.
8. 0:41>> And I'm Nina. Today we're talking about
9. 0:44day one of Sabrina Carpenter. Short and
10. 0:47sweet. Ooh. Do you know who Sabrina
11. 0:50Carpenter is?
12. 0:51>> I do. She's really good at making
13. 0:54furniture. That's why they call her a
14. 0:56carpenter.
15. 0:58>> Sabrina the carpenter. She makes tables
16. 1:00and chairs and beds.
17. 1:02>> No, that's
18. 1:04anything. No, it's not the same.
19. 1:06>> Definitely. She's definitely not a
20. 1:07carpenter. She's actually a pop idol.
21. 1:10She's a very famous singer. very blonde,
22. 1:13very pretty, sings very nicely and very
23. 1:16very popular
24. 1:17>> and very short.
25. 1:19>> Really? I did not know that fact. So,
26. 1:21the title short and sweet. Now, we can
27. 1:24use this expression to talk about the
28. 1:27way you tell a story. If you give you
29. 1:29the basic information so you know
30. 1:32everything you need to know without all
31. 1:34that extra stuff, that's giving it to
32. 1:36you short and sweet. But you're saying
33. 1:39we're not just going to tell her story
34. 1:41in a short and clear way. She is
35. 1:44actually short and sweet, like nice and
36. 1:48kind. [laughter]
37. 1:49>> Oh, really?
38. 1:50>> Yeah, she has definitely a very sweet
39. 1:53and cute look and she is short.
40. 1:55[laughter]
41. 1:55>> I can see that. But I did not know she's
42. 1:57short. How do you How do you think of
43. 1:59that about that? Well, actually, a lot
44. 2:00of people in entertainment can be short,
45. 2:03right? People often talk about how short
46. 2:05actors it are or something like that.
47. 2:08So, it has clearly not been a problem
48. 2:10for her. I mean, if she wanted to be an
49. 2:13NBA or a WNBA player, that wouldn't be a
50. 2:17problem. But, as a pop singer, if you've
51. 2:19got a great voice, it doesn't really
52. 2:21matter how tall you are.
53. 2:22>> Yeah, it doesn't. And she looks
54. 2:24adorable. So, let's get into it.
55. 2:26>> Okay.
56. 2:31>> [music]
57. 2:34>> Sabrina Carpenter is taking the world by
58. 2:36storm. The last few years have seen the
59. 2:395-ft singer become one of the biggest
60. 2:41names in entertainment thanks to hits
61. 2:43like Espresso and Manchild. [music] But
62. 2:46how did this pint-size pop star come to
63. 2:49earn such huge success? Although she's
64. 2:52only 26, Sabrina's rise to the top has
65. 2:55been long in the making. She started
66. 2:57uploading videos of herself singing
67. 2:59online when she was 10, and she covered
68. 3:01songs by artists like Adele and Azie
69. 3:04Osborne. She also came third in The Next
70. 3:08Miley Cyrus Project around the same time
71. 3:10and landed her first professional acting
72. 3:12job at age 11.
73. 3:20All right. So, Sabrina Carpenter, it's a
74. 3:23two-day article, so we will really get
75. 3:25to know this talented young singer as as
76. 3:29well as finding out exactly how tall she
77. 3:31is [laughter] because apparently from
78. 3:33the title, she is short, not very tall,
79. 3:36but very sweet. She's a very nice, kind,
80. 3:38wonderful person. So, let's find out all
81. 3:40about it.
82. 3:41>> Okay. Sabrina Carpenter is taking the
83. 3:44world by storm.
84. 3:46>> [snorts]
85. 3:46>> Oo, what does that mean when you take
86. 3:48the world by storm?
87. 3:49>> That means she is really, really
88. 3:51impressing a lot of people and all of a
89. 3:53sudden she seems to be everywhere. Hit
90. 3:56songs, maybe appearing in movies. She's
91. 3:59always on your TV screen and people are
92. 4:01talking about her a lot. And maybe a
93. 4:04year or two ago, nobody really knew who
94. 4:06she was. So, she is very, very famous
95. 4:09and very, very popular. And as it says
96. 4:12in the next sentence, the last few years
97. 4:15have seen the five foot singer become
98. 4:18one of the biggest names in
99. 4:20entertainment thanks to hits like
100. 4:23Espresso and Manchild. Wow, a lot of
101. 4:26information in that sentence, including
102. 4:29finally the answer to how tall or how
103. 4:32short she is. She is 5t tall. Now in
104. 4:35centime, do you know that would be
105. 4:37around? I know it would be shorter than
106. 4:40me because I'm 155 which is around 52 I
107. 4:44think.
108. 4:44>> So she's probably around 150 cm tall.
109. 4:48Yeah, that's not super tall. But clearly
110. 4:50that hasn't stopped her in any great
111. 4:53way. She's got these hit songs we
112. 4:55mentioned there, Espresso and Manchild.
113. 4:58And she is a big force in the world of
114. 5:01entertainment right now. And when we say
115. 5:04entertainment here, you can see this is
116. 5:06a noun. We're talking about things that
117. 5:08we do for fun or things that we enjoy
118. 5:12that give us pleasure. When we talk
119. 5:14about entertainment, we're probably
120. 5:16talking about the things you do in your
121. 5:19free time. You watch movies, you listen
122. 5:21to music, you watch television, you read
123. 5:23books, you play computer games. Those
124. 5:25are all forms of entertainment. You
125. 5:28could also find entertainment in maybe
126. 5:31exercising, too. You can go jogging or
127. 5:33go to the gym and that can be fun. But
128. 5:36generally entertainment will be
129. 5:38performances, songs, movies, television
130. 5:41shows, things you go, you watch, you
131. 5:43enjoy, you have fun and then you go back
132. 5:45to your regular life. Or you could work
133. 5:48in entertainment. If you're a singer, if
134. 5:51you're a dancer, if your job is making
135. 5:53movies, then you work in the field of
136. 5:55entertainment, putting on shows and
137. 5:57performances for people to have fun
138. 6:00while watching or listening to. For
139. 6:02example, the concert provided great
140. 6:04entertainment for everyone. There was
141. 6:06singing, there was dancing, there were
142. 6:08great big videos and lasers and all
143. 6:10sorts of fun stuff.
144. 6:12>> All right, let's continue. But how did
145. 6:15this pint-sized pop star come to earn
146. 6:17such huge success?
147. 6:20>> She is short. She's only as big as a
148. 6:22pint.
149. 6:23>> Yeah. So, I think she was actually in
150. 6:26the industry for some time before she
151. 6:28blew up.
152. 6:29>> Okay.
153. 6:30>> So, all I know is that she changed her
154. 6:33look a lot and maybe her style and
155. 6:35music.
156. 6:36>> Okay. Well, people do as they grow
157. 6:38older, right? They go through different
158. 6:40styles and different looks. Uh, one of
159. 6:42our good friends with lots of style is
160. 6:45of course Hie. Let's go over to her
161. 6:47right now.
162. 6:49Hello,
163. 6:54Sabrina Carpenter.
164. 7:01Espresso
165. 7:07manchild
166. 7:16entertainment
167. 7:22take by storm.
168. 7:34The singer has taken the music scene by
169. 7:37storm with her unique style.
170. 7:44Come to
171. 7:51her parents didn't like the dog at
172. 7:53first, but they eventually came to
173. 7:55consider it part of the family.
174. 8:05come to come into
175. 8:13the project has finally come to an end.
176. 8:21Thank you, Hannie. Now, let's get back
177. 8:22to this article.
178. 8:24>> All right, so we know Sabrina Carpenter
179. 8:25is not the tallest singer out there.
180. 8:28They're not the tallest entertainer, but
181. 8:30you don't need to be tall to sing
182. 8:32beautifully, do you? No. And she's also
183. 8:35very young. Let's find out all about
184. 8:37that. It says, although she is only 26
185. 8:41years old, Sabrina's rise to the top has
186. 8:44been long in the making. Ah, as you were
187. 8:47saying, she's been in the entertainment
188. 8:49business for quite a long time, which is
189. 8:51sort of surprising cuz she's only 26
190. 8:55years old. I mean, a lot of people might
191. 8:57not get famous till they're in their
192. 8:58early 20s, but not her. She's been maybe
193. 9:02not famous, but working in
194. 9:03entertainment. She's been singing or
195. 9:06acting or doing other things for a long
196. 9:09time. That's why her rise to the top,
197. 9:11becoming famous and popular, right?
198. 9:14Taking the world by storm. It actually
199. 9:17took her a long time to get there. A lot
200. 9:19of time in entertainment when someone
201. 9:21suddenly becomes popular, we often use
202. 9:23the expression they are an overnight
203. 9:26success. Like yesterday we didn't know
204. 9:28them, today they're famous. But really
205. 9:31when you look at it, many of them have
206. 9:33been working hard for years to become as
207. 9:36good and as popular as they have. And
208. 9:38Sabrina Carpenter is no exception. So
209. 9:41when exactly did she start doing
210. 9:44entertainment in a serious way? Okay.
211. 9:47So, she started uploading videos of
212. 9:49herself singing online when she was 10
213. 9:52and she covered songs by artists like
214. 9:55Adele and Aussie Osborne.
215. 9:57>> 10.
216. 9:58>> Wow. Okay. At 10 years old, she was
217. 10:00making well making covers of songs,
218. 10:03meaning singing other people's songs and
219. 10:05she would post them online.
220. 10:07>> That is absolutely amazing. At 10, I was
221. 10:10I think quite proud I could ride a
222. 10:12bicycle or something like that, not
223. 10:14making music and sharing it online.
224. 10:17>> Pretty cool. Then it says she also came
225. 10:19third in the next Miley Cyrus project.
226. 10:24That's the name of a show. We can tell
227. 10:25that from those lines around it. So, she
228. 10:28also came third in the next Miley Cyrus
229. 10:30Project around the same time. And landed
230. 10:33her first professional acting job at age
231. 10:3611.
232. 10:37>> Wow. Oh, that's very impressive.
233. 10:39>> That is very impressive, but also
234. 10:41clearly shows she always kind of knew
235. 10:43what she wanted to do. So, I guess she
236. 10:46was on this sort of television talent
237. 10:49show, The Next Miley Cyrus, where they
238. 10:51probably discovered young singers and
239. 10:53actors and people like that. And she
240. 10:56became a professional performer, a
241. 10:58professional singer or actor at the age
242. 11:01of 11. Now, what does that mean? That's
243. 11:03different from just being a performer or
244. 11:05a singer who has fun doing it, right?
245. 11:07Yeah, when you're a professional at
246. 11:09something, it refers to being skilled
247. 11:12and doing a job for a living, often
248. 11:14requiring specific training or
249. 11:16expertise. For example, my friend is
250. 11:19training to become a professional
251. 11:21dancer.
252. 11:22>> Okay? A lot of people dance for health
253. 11:25and fun and fitness, but they want it to
254. 11:27be their job. The opposite would be an
255. 11:30amateur. A m a t e r. Or if you do it
256. 11:34just for fun, as a hobby on the weekend,
257. 11:36you're an amateur at this, but of
258. 11:38course, if it's your job, you're a
259. 11:39professional. And we use this for other
260. 11:41things. You can say a professional chef,
261. 11:43professional athlete. You wouldn't
262. 11:45really have to say a professional doctor
263. 11:48because no one is a doctor for fun on
264. 11:50the weekends. That would be really,
265. 11:52really bad and illegal. So, now let's go
266. 11:54over to our professional English
267. 11:56teacher, our good friend Hy
268. 12:00Sabrina Carpenter. Fore
269. 12:20professional
270. 12:24amateur.
271. 12:38In the making,
272. 12:51the film is still in the making.
273. 12:56Cocoa butter is a key ingredient in the
274. 12:58making [music] of chocolate.
275. 13:06Okay. Thank you, Hannie. Now, let's go
276. 13:08to the second part of the article and
277. 13:10we'll be right back after the break.
278. 13:15>> [music]
279. 13:18>> During her teenage years, she continued
280. 13:20to act and sing, and she released her
281. 13:23first single, Can't Blame a Girl for
282. 13:25Trying, in 2014. She wasn't yet an
283. 13:28international star, but her early work,
284. 13:31no doubt, laid the foundation for her
285. 13:33later achievements. I have a group of
286. 13:35young girls who have been my fans since
287. 13:37I was 14. She once said, "It's a special
288. 13:40feeling to be with them through life.
289. 13:48Welcome back everyone. Now, let's
290. 13:50continue with this article.
291. 13:52>> That's right. Sabrina Carpenter has just
292. 13:54become a teenager after becoming a
293. 13:57professional entertainer at 11 when most
294. 14:00of us are still trying to figure out
295. 14:02math. She's doing entertainment as a
296. 14:06job. And that only continued. It says
297. 14:08during her teenage years, so this is,
298. 14:10you know, 13 and older, 13, 14, 15, and
299. 14:15so on, she continued to act and sing.
300. 14:18And she released her first single, Can't
301. 14:21Blame a Girl, for Trying in 2014.
302. 14:25As a teenager, she is releasing music
303. 14:28that millions of people will listen to
304. 14:30and enjoy. at uh in my teenage years, I
305. 14:33was probably taking care of my little
306. 14:35pimples [laughter] and, you know, doing
307. 14:36my geography homework. I was not
308. 14:39releasing new music for millions of
309. 14:41people to enjoy. But if you're an
310. 14:43entertainer, that's the kind of thing
311. 14:45you might do. When you release
312. 14:47something, you kind of let it go. You
313. 14:49put it out there. If you have a bird in
314. 14:51your hands and then you do that, the
315. 14:53bird will fly away. You're releasing the
316. 14:55bird. You're letting it go. You're
317. 14:57letting it be free. But we can also use
318. 15:00this in the world of entertainment
319. 15:01especially or in business more generally
320. 15:04when a company has something new and now
321. 15:07they're making it available to you and
322. 15:09to me and to everyone to go out and buy
323. 15:12and get at the store or order online or
324. 15:15something. A few months ago at the end
325. 15:17of 2025, Taylor Swift released her new
326. 15:21album and everyone was really excited.
327. 15:24You could buy it on record, you could
328. 15:25buy a CD, you could download it. But
329. 15:28before that, you couldn't. After that,
330. 15:30you could. So, when there's a new
331. 15:32product or a new movie or a new book or
332. 15:34whatever it is, and now it's available
333. 15:36for people to watch or rent or buy or
334. 15:39enjoy, that thing has been released. It
335. 15:42is out there in the public. For example,
336. 15:45the band will release a new album next
337. 15:48month. I can't wait.
338. 15:50>> All right. And now we will release you
339. 15:52to Hannie.
340. 15:55Sabrina Carpenter.
341. 16:08Pimple.
342. 16:13Release.
343. 16:18>> [music]
344. 16:21>> Okay, thank you, Hie. So, Sabrina
345. 16:23Carpenter released the song when she was
346. 16:2514, but she wasn't yet an international
347. 16:29star, but her early work no doubt laid
348. 16:32the foundation for her later
349. 16:34achievements. Yes. Because now people
350. 16:37are starting to get to know her and they
351. 16:39find out, oh, she actually released this
352. 16:42song however long ago, right? So she was
353. 16:45starting the foundation of something.
354. 16:47The foundation means the base or
355. 16:49beginning of something. So for example,
356. 16:52practice is the foundation for success
357. 16:55in any skill. So she probably practiced
358. 16:58her singing a lot before she got famous,
359. 17:01right?
360. 17:01>> Oh, absolutely. I'm sure she worked on
361. 17:04all sorts of things. And yeah,
362. 17:05foundation is just a good starting
363. 17:07point. Learning your ABCs in English,
364. 17:10that's kind of a foundation, right? You
365. 17:12can't learn the other stuff if you don't
366. 17:14learn the basic stuff. And that will
367. 17:16lead you to great achievements. If you
368. 17:19have that good foundation, you will go
369. 17:21on to do great things, reach your goals,
370. 17:24and be successful. And all of those are
371. 17:26different forms of achievement. So when
372. 17:29there's something that you want to do,
373. 17:30and it won't be something easy, most
374. 17:33likely you'll work hard at it. You'll
375. 17:36practice, maybe you'll make some
376. 17:37mistakes, but you'll get back to it. And
377. 17:39eventually, you will reach your goal.
378. 17:41you will have that big success. That is
379. 17:44an achievement. Whatever it is, I want
380. 17:46to get to the Olympics. I'm at the
381. 17:48Olympics. What an achievement. I want to
382. 17:51graduate top of my class. I got the top
383. 17:54marks. What an achievement. Good for me.
384. 17:57What a big success. Or what a goal that
385. 17:59I have reached. For example, the team
386. 18:01members celebrated their great
387. 18:03achievement together. They finally won a
388. 18:06game after 5 years.
389. 18:08>> That's a long time.
390. 18:09>> Still a pretty good achievement. Yeah,
391. 18:10it is.
392. 18:11>> All right, back to the article. It it
393. 18:13says, and these are her own words, "I
394. 18:16have a group of young girls who have
395. 18:18been my fans since I was 14, she once
396. 18:22said, it's a special feeling to be with
397. 18:25them through life."
398. 18:27>> Wow. Okay.
399. 18:28>> That's very touching. So when she first
400. 18:30released her first song when she was 14,
401. 18:32there were some people who already, you
402. 18:34know, listened to her music and knew who
403. 18:36she was and they followed her journey
404. 18:39until she became very successful like
405. 18:42she is today
406. 18:42>> and they might have been the same age as
407. 18:44her. So they've kind of grown up
408. 18:46together, too. That is very, very nice.
409. 18:48>> It is.
410. 18:49>> All right, let's go over to our good
411. 18:51friend Hie. She has more to tell us, and
412. 18:53then we'll be back with more about
413. 18:54Sabrina Carpenter.
414. 18:58Sabrina Carpenter
415. 19:10foundation.
416. 19:13Lay the foundation. Foundations for
417. 19:20lay the lay laid laid. that kind of
418. 19:24achievement.
419. 19:34Okay. Thank you, Hannie. So, we learned
420. 19:36so much about Sabrina Carpenter, but we
421. 19:39will learn a little bit more next time
422. 19:41when we see you in part two.
423. 19:43>> Absolutely. So, please come back and
424. 19:45join us for that. Until then, take care.
425. 19:47Bye-bye. See you soon.
426. 19:53>> [music]
427. 19:56>> Sabrina Carpenter is taking the world by
428. 19:58storm. The last few years have seen the
429. 20:015-ft singer [music]
430. 20:02become one of the biggest names in
431. 20:04entertainment thanks to hits like
432. 20:06Espresso [music] and Manchild. But how
433. 20:09did this pint-size pop star come to earn
434. 20:11such huge success? Although she's only
435. 20:1426, [music] Sabrina's rise to the top
436. 20:17has been long in the making. She started
437. 20:19uploading videos of herself singing
438. 20:21online when she was 10, and she covered
439. 20:24songs by artists like Adele and Azie
440. 20:26Osborne. She also came third in The Next
441. 20:30Miley Cyrus Project around the same time
442. 20:32and landed her first professional acting
443. 20:35job at age 11. During her teenage years,
444. 20:37she continued to act and sing, and she
445. 20:40released her first single, Can't Blame a
446. 20:42Girl for Trying, in 2014. She wasn't yet
447. 20:46an international star, but her early
448. 20:48work no doubt laid the foundation for
449. 20:50her later achievements. "I have a group
450. 20:53of young girls who have been my fans
451. 20:55since I was 14." She once said, "It's a
452. 20:57special feeling to be with them through
453. 20:59life."
454. 21:10entertainment
455. 21:14professional.
456. 21:17They can now release
457. 21:22[music]
458. 21:23foundation
459. 21:26achievement.
460. 21:31[music]
461. 21:32Take by storm
462. 21:45in the making.
463. 21:48>> [music]
464. 21:53[music]
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