![]() It’s not a very common word and collocates with fears, rumours and myths.Ī rumour is an unofficial piece of information that’s usually spread by people talking about it or on social media. If you can convince them that their fears are not valid or real, then you dispel their fears. If people are afraid of something that’s not real, perhaps they have read something silly on facebook and now they are afraid of the covid vaccine. Now let me dispel a few rumors so they don’t fester into facts.ĭispel means to remove false ideas or fears. Keating says: Now let me dispel a few rumours so they don’t fester into facts. ![]() In the next section, Keating speaks quickly so I’m going to break it up and tell you what he says first so you can hear the difference between my accent and Robin Williams American accent and also so you can hear the vocabulary in context. So daring means brave enough to do something dangerous or scary. I dare you to … and then something brave and often stupid. If someone dares you to do something and you don’t do it, they will call you a coward, even if they don’t dare to do it themself. Lots of children get into trouble because of this. In this sense, to dare means to challenge someone to see if they are brave enough. You can also dare someone to do something. If you dare do something, it means you are brave enough to do it. I’m older, but only a little bit.ĭaring means brave and ready to take a risk. Slightly is an adverb that means a small amount. He says that the boys can call him Oh Captain, My Captain if they are feeling slightly more daring. So when Keating asks: not a clue? He is asking if any of the boys in the class have a clue, if they have any idea. Do you know where the station is? I’m sorry, I haven’t a clue, I’m not from here. You can also use the word clue in the phrase: I haven’t a clue. ![]() Detectives and police inspectors look for clues to solve crimes. Or, if you’re slightly more daring, Oh Captain, My Captain.Ī clue is normally a small piece of information that you use to solve a puzzle or problem. Not a clue? It’s from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. “Oh Captain, My Captain” who knows where that comes from? He is talking to all of the boys in his class in the corridor. Listen to this first part now and pay attention to the words clue and slightly and daring. In the scene from Dead Poets Society, it’s in a quote from a poem and it’s referring to the American president Abraham Lincoln. My favourite captain is Captain Kirk who is the person in charge of the fictional Starship Enterprise. Someone might ask: Who is the captain of the English football team? Or if you were on a boat, you might ask to speak to the captain. A captain is the leader of a sports team or the person in charge of a ship or an aircraft. In the opening lines of the scene, Mr Keating uses the word captain. I’m going to focus on the B1 and B2 vocabulary. I’m going to play the scene in parts and describe the interesting vocabulary along the way. He takes the boys out of the classroom into a corridor where there are cases with sports trophies and old photographs. In the scene of the film I’m going to focus on, Keating is introduced to his class for the first time. ![]() Unorthodox just means unusual or different, but it’s a bit more formal so you might hear people talk about a style of work or an approach to something formal, perhaps business or the arts as unorthodox. His teaching methods are described as unorthodox. The film is set in 1959 in Vermont in the United States of America at a time when people were far more conservative, especially the rich families who sent their children to expensive schools. It’s quite an old film now it was released in 1989 and stars Robin Williams as Mr Keating, an English teacher working in an old fashioned boarding school for boys. The film is Kiam’s favourite and is called Dead Poets Society. Today, I’m going to look at a scene from a film. Kiam has made a few requests and I will try to get to all of them. Today, I am going to make a podcast following a request from Kiam who left me a comment on the Learn English Vocabulary website. There’s a page for this podcast with the transcript, an activity and a task for you to do in the comments section. You can find a transcript of this podcast on .uk. My name is Jack and I’m making this podcast for you to learn or revise English vocabulary. Hello and welcome to Learn English Vocabulary.
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