I decided to delete my Instagram I would be on set working I'd come and sit in my chair and just scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll and it was it was becoming a problem I was just obsessed with it and I was obsessed to find out what they thought about me so I decided to make an announcement and say that I'm taking a break from social media and the thing that really upset me is the Press ran with that and they tried to make out that I was having this mental breakdown they took the story in
the wrong direction oh look he's not the perfect happy go-lucky kid you think he is he's having a nervous break down in New York kind of painted people looking for help in the wrong [Music] light what's up everyone I'm Izzy your real life English fluency coach and today we have a great conversation to learn English with between the actor the famous actor Tom Holland and podcaster Jay Shetty in this interview we get to see Tom opening up and talk about why he decided to step away from Instagram to protect his mental health and the clip
is packed with so many useful expressions in English and I'll help you master all of these today and if you go to our app you can even practice everything so you become more fluent and capable of using these words when you speak you can check it out for free by clicking the link in the description below now let's get started with the lesson first you'll watch the clip then you'll learn with it and at the end I'm going to let you test your comprehension by watching the entire clip a final time without any subtitles [Music]
I was in New York I was shooting the crow crowded room and I was having a really hard time with the job just because of how taxing it was and I decided to delete my Instagram because I just felt like I was so addicted to this kind of false version of my life that it was just taking over I would be on set working I'd come and sit in my chair and just scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll and it was it was becoming a problem I was just obsessed with it and I was obsessed to
find out what people were saying and how people what they thought about me so I decided to make an announcement and say that I'm taking a break from social media and the thing that really upset me is the Press ran with that and they tried to make out that I was having this mental breakdown and what upset me was if I was having a mental breakdown that's not for you to report [Music] on all right now let's break down the clip and learn all the advanced vocabulary in pronunciation with Tom Holland I was in New
York I was shooting the crown crowded room in this context shooting means filming the crowded room we should mention here is a psychological Thriller TV series where Tom is the protagonist so he says he was having a hard time filming it meaning he was struggling it was a difficult moment for him that's a nice casual location you can use too theyes say it all the time check this out our family doesn't run from things miles yeah I know what's that about he's having a hard time Jeff and I was having a really hard time with
the job just because of how taxing it was the emotional that's also what he meant by saying it was taxing it was difficult exhausting and drained his energy in Tom's case playing this intense role in this series was emotionally taxing I decided to delete my Instagram because I just felt like I was so addicted to this kind of false version of my life that it was just taking over when something takes over it takes control Tom means Instagram was taking control of his life of his thoughts and actions and it was hard to focus on
his job see how he describes what he would do I would be on set working I'd come and sit in my chair and just scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll and it was this action is called scrolling it's a common expression nowadays but you should know this particular use of the verb to scroll already existed before smartphone since we also scroll on a computer using a mouse another expression that people use these days to refer to this specific negative experience of scroll scroll scroll when you're using Instagram or Tik Tok is Doom scrolling I was just
obsessed with it and I was obsessed to find out what people were saying and how people what they thought about me did you notice how Tom pronounces the words that end with a t- sound let's give a listen to this part again but more slowly and I was obsessed to find out what people were saying all these words were pronounced with a stop T out what thought about natives often do this now to do a stop T sound you simply prepare to make a t- sound but then you stop the flow of air and make
a short pause now try to repeat after me out what about now what else can we find here that's more advanced pronunciation well these phrases have some connected speech in them that's when natives cut link and morph fors together when they speak the word obsessed ends with a T sound obsessed and because the next word starts with a T they morph obsessed not obsessed to but obsessed to and a D from find gets linked to the vowel sound from the next word find out now let's try to repeat after a time and I was obsessed
to find out what people were saying and I was obsessed to find out what people were saying and say like I'm taking a break from social media because I feel like my mental health will benefit from it and the thing that really upset me is the Press ran with that and they tried to make out that I was having this mental breakdown to run with something is a collocation that means to take an idea and develop it further without hesitation it can be used in both negative and positive context text for example a more positive
situation could be she had a great idea for the project and the team ran with it meaning they developed and expanded on the idea in this case Tom is saying that the press that is magazines newspapers TV news Etc they took the story which was pretty straightforward and they changed the narrative and that's what he means by this line and they try to make out that I was having this mental breakdown in this context to make out refers to creating a certain impression or to pretend for example she's trying to make out that she's Rich
so instead of focusing on the positive reason behind his decision the Press made it sound like he was having a mental breakdown a point where a person gets so stressed because of their thoughts and emotions that they collapse they stop functioning properly like when a machine breaks down and Tom was upset with the news because he was actually taking steps to avoid reaching that point of breakdown and by the way remember that you can practice all this vocabulary that you're seeing today on our own app I highly recommend you try it it's the best way
for you to never forget all these words and expressions that you've been learning with these lessons in fact I find it even better to watch it from there from the app because you get a way more powerful experience just click the link in the description below to start now you'll be taken directly to this lesson over there or you can simply search for real life English on Google Play or the App Store and I hope to see you there they they took the story in the wrong direction and they Tred they painted again this negative
light on Mental Health rather than saying oh he's doing it it's okay that he's doing it so we should all feel okay to do it too they were saying oh look he's not the perfect happy go-lucky kid you think he is he's having a nervous breakdown in New York and I think that that was a really unfair line of Journalism let's say yeah yeah yeah absolutely absolutely it almost sounds like you were actually preemptively going I'm doing this so that I don't right go in that direction totally at least I'm not trying to put words
in your mouth but abely it's almost like I'm proactively seeing that I could end up in a position where sure I might have a breakdown I don't want to be in that position and so I'm responsibly saying guys I'm taking a break in order to protect myself 100% yeah which makes a lot of sense and actually is quite admirable again now before we continue if you are new to this YouTube channel you should know that every single week we make new lessons like this one with your favorite movies interviews and celebrities to help you understand
fast speaking natives without getting lost without missing the jokes and without subtitles so hit the Subscribe button and the bell down below if you don't want to miss any of our new lessons they they took the story in the wrong direction and they try they painted again this negative light on Mental Health to paint something negatively means describe or show something in a bad way it's very similar to try to make out something about a situation to paint it a certain way and he goes on to use yet another similar phrase check it out they
they took the story in the wrong direction and they try they painted again this negative light on Mental Health to show someone in a bad light or negative light as he says is exactly what he's talking about and by the way you may also hear the opposite phrase in a good light they were saying oh look he's not the perfect happy go-lucky kid you think he is he's having a nervous breakdown in New York and I think that that was a really unfair line of Journalism if you call someone happy gol lucky you mean they
are not concerned about the future and just enjoy life without planning Tom felt this way or method of doing journalism or as he says this line of Journalism was unfair yeah yeah absolutely absolutely it almost sounds like you were actually preemptively going I'm doing this so that I don't go in that direction if you act preemptively in a situation you're thinking ahead and doing something in advance to avoid problems for example packing the night before a trip helps you avoid rushing things in the morning you're acting preemptively in case something expected happens you have time
to deal with it in a strategic context like in the military a preemptive strike is an attack launched to prevent an expected attack from the enemy how old are you Dan How old uh I'm 32 you having some kind of preemptive midlife crisis oh this mom he rides a motorbike I'll take you for a ride in it sometimes you yeah yeah absolutely absolutely it almost sounds like you were actually preemptively going I'm doing this so that I don't go in that direction totally at least I'm not trying to put words in your mouth but absolutely
putting words in one's mouth refers is saying that someone means one thing when the person really meant something else imagine two people having an argument you could hear something like I didn't say this don't try to put words in my mouth in this case J shett is just being respectful saying he knows Tom didn't say those words exactly but that that's what he understands from Tom's story it's almost like I'm proactively seeing that I could end up in a position where sure I might have a breakdown I don't want to be in that position and
so I'm responsibly saying guys I'm taking a break in to protect myself another word we use to talk about taking action early is proactively like exercising regularly is a proactive way to maintain good health instead of just waiting until you get sick to go to the doctor it's almost like I'm proactively seeing that I could end up in a position where sure I might have a breakdown I don't want to be in that position and so I'm responsibly saying guys I'm taking a break in order to protect myself to end up means to eventually find
yourself in a c certain situation often without planning it for example the movie we wanted to see was sold out there were no tickets available so we ended up seeing a different one all right I know you've been waiting for this part now we're going to test your comprehension by watching the entire clip a final time without subtitles and I'm going to ask you some quiz questions let's do [Music] this I was in New York I was shooting the crown crowded room and I was having a really hard time with the job just because of
how taxing it was which word describes something that is physically or mentally difficult and exhausting shooting tasking taxing I decided to delete my Instagram because I just felt like I was so addicted to this kind of false version of my life that it was just taking over I would be on set working I'd come and sit in my chair and just scroll scroll scroll scroll scroll and it was it was becoming a problem I was just obsessed with it and I was obsessed to find out what people were saying and how people what they thought
about me so I decided to make an announcement and say that I'm taking a break from social media and the thing that really upset me is the Press ran with that and they tried to make out that I was having this mental breakdown and what upset me was if I was having a mental breakdown that's not for you to report on what does the phrase run with it mean to run as fast as possible to accept an idea and develop it further to ignore instructions and do your own [Music] thing and they tried to make
out that I was having this mental breakdown and what upset me was if I was having a Al breakdown that's not for you to report on they they they took the story in the wrong direction and they try they painted again this negative light on Mental Health rather than saying oh he's doing it it's okay that he's doing it so we should all feel okay to do it too they were saying oh look do you remember the phrase Tom use here meaning to make someone look bad [Music] [Music] to paint any bed light yeah yeah
absolutely absolutely it almost sounds like you were actually preemptively going I'm doing this so that I don't go in that direction totally at least I'm not trying to put words in your mouth but absolutely it's almost like I'm proactively seeing that I could end up in a position where sure I might have a breakdown I don't want to be in that position and so I'm responsibly saying guys I'm taking a break in order to protect myself 100% which makes a lot of sense and actually is quite admirable again which of these actions is an example
of a preemptive one putting on sunscreen when at the beach fixing a leak in your house apologizing after hurting someone's [Music] feelings all right guys great job now remember to go and practice everything that you learned today on the real life app just click the link in the description below and you can start your vocabulary practice right away and I have spent a lot of time with you more than you've wanted uh you are you are a very nice fellow but I suspect oops what are you doing are you are you new to show business
no I'm just about to storm off your show in a part of the half hour thing is you got to mic yourself yeah exactly we're cutting corners around here yeah uh you know what I'm was curious I was bringing up
