Teacher Milena Flix | #20 - Are Discipline And Play Compatible? With High-Wire Artist Philippe Petit

This week we'll watch an inspiring video with high-wire artist Philippe Petit! And think it might actually relate to other areas of your life, such as learning English! ORIGINAL VIDEO: 1. TRUE OR FALSE: 1. He thinks of himself as a balanced man. 2. His arts demands discipline. 3. He never spends too much time on front of a mirror. 4. He believes that great ideas come from playing. 5. He advocates working hard but and playing hard as a way to enjoy life. 2. MATCH: 1. I think of myself 2. Or I give a rule and of course 3. Very often I state something and within 4. Forget about 5. Suddenly, out of the playfulness A) will come a great invention. B) I add the exceptions to that rule. C) as a man of contradictions. D) the same sentence I contradict myself. E) what you?re doing. ------------------------------------ English Transcription I think of myself as a man of contradictions. I mean, first I am very brutal in my way of thinking. I love or I hate; it?s black or it?s white, which is not very true because then a part of me loves the gray festivals. But anyway, I realize that I am a man of contradiction and extreme and very often I state something and within the same sentence I contradict myself. Or I give a rule and of course I add the exceptions to that rule.] The discipline that I demand in many of my arts ? the discipline of spending hours in front of a mirror perfecting a magic trick by manipulation ? also comes with its antidote or its extreme, which is the opposite of discipline. Forget about what you?re doing. Don?t work; play. And very often in my arts, taking the magic again as an example, if I stop working on a move, but if I just fool around, as you would say, with a deck of cards, you know, watching a film or talking to friend ? suddenly out of the playfulness will come a great invention. It could be a very small detail, about the way to turn a card or something that I can use in a magic trick and it didn?t come from the discipline of work; it came from its opposite. It came with playing, you know. So I advocate that and I think I am a man who works very hard and also plays very hard, enjoys life. ---------------------------------------------------------- Portuguese Translation Eu penso em mim como um homem de contradi��es. Quero dizer, primeiro eu sou muito brutal no meu modo de pensar. Eu amo ou eu odeio; � preto ou � branco, o que n�o � muito verdade porque depois, uma parte de mim ama os festivais cinzas. Mas de qualquer modo, eu me dou conta de que eu sou um homem de contradi��o e extremo, e muito frequentemente eu afirmo algo e dentro da mesma senten�a eu me contradigo. Ou eu dou uma regra e claro, eu adiciono as exce��es para essa regra. A disciplina que eu exijo em muitas de minhas artes ? a disciplina de passar horas na frente do espelho aperfei�oando um truque de m�gica por manipula��o, tamb�m vem com o seu ant�doto ou seu extremo, que � o oposto de disciplina. Esque�a o que voc� est� fazendo. N�o trabalhe; brinque. E muito frequentemente nas minhas artes, tomando a m�gica novamente como exemplo, se eu parar de trabalhar em um movimento, mas se eu simplesmente brincar (ficar � toa), como voc�s diriam, com um baralho de cartas, sabe, assitindo � um filme ou conversando com um amigo, de repente, da brincadeira vir� uma grande inven��o. Poderia ser um detalhe muito pequeno, sobre o modo de virar uma carta ou algo que eu possa usar em um truque de m�gica, e isso n�o veio da disciplina do trabalho, isso veio do seu oposto. Isso veio com brincadeira, sabe. Ent�o, eu defendo isso e eu penso que sou um homem que trabalha muito duro e tamb�m brinca muito, que aproveita a vida. ------------------------------------------------------ VOCABULARY: HIGH-WIRE = corda bamba OUTLAW = fora da lei PLAY; PLAYING; PLAYFULNESS= brincadeira TRICK = truque TO FOOL AROUND = curtir, brincar, ficar � toa A DECK OF CARDS = um baralho/ ma�o de cartas TO ADVOCATE = defender (uma ideia, um conceito) ------------------------------------------------------ 3. FILL IN THE GAPS: I think of myself as a man of contradictions. I mean, first I am very brutal in my way of thinking. I love or I 1._______; it?s black or it?s 2._____, which is not very true because then a part of me loves the gray festivals. But anyway, I realize that I am a 3._____ of contradiction and extreme and very often I state something and within the same sentence I contradict myself. Or I give a rule and of course I add the exceptions to that 4._______. The discipline that I demand in many of my arts ? the discipline of spending hours in front of a mirror perfecting a magic trick by manipulation ? also comes with its antidote or its extreme, which is the 5______of discipline. Forget about what you?re doing. Don?t work; play. And very often in my arts, taking the magic again as an example, if I stop working 6_______ a move, but if I just fool 7_______, as you would say, with a deck of cards, you know, watching a film or talking to friend ? suddenly out of the playfulness will come a great invention. It could be a very small detail, about the way to turn a card or something that I can use in a magic 8._______ and it didn?t come from the discipline of work; it came from its opposite. It came with playing, you know. So I advocate that and I think I 9____ a man who works very hard and 10._____ plays very hard, enjoys life. -----------------------------------------------------------------

ANSWERS: 1.TRUE OR FALSE: 1.F 2.T .F 4.T 5.T 2. MATCH: 1.C 2.B 3.D 4.E 5.A 3. FILL IN THE GAPS 1. hate 2.white 3. man 4. rule 5. opposite 6. on 7. around 8. trick 9. am 10. also