English for Speaking

“He's remarkable. He's the best of us.”

Choosing the Next Home for Humanity · Interstellar 2014 · Ch. 5/13

• Office chat
• Storytelling
• Explaining

“But it looks like me and you got a problem.”

Teacher Reads Lofgren's Footnote · Bad Boys 1983 · Ch. 8/9

• Speeches
• Teasing
• Explaining

“There's a green light on your ass.”

Alonzo's Smiles and Cries Speech · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 6/23

• Threats
• Storytelling
• Threatening

“Some day, and that day may never come, I'll ask a service of you.”

Bonasera Asks for Justice · The Godfather 1972 · Ch. 1/9

• Asking for help
• Persuasion
• Asking

“Give me excess of it that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken and so die.”

Orsino's Speech on Music and Love · Twelfth Night 2012 · Ch. 1/25

• Monologues
• Speeches
• Confessing love

“Villains, this is no longer a coronation! It is an execution!”

Scarlet's Coronation Turns into a Chase · Minions 2015 · Ch. 11/14

• Speeches
• Threats
• Threatening

“We're expecting Ronnie's son, Carl, to be here, but he doesn't appear to have turned up yet.”

Carl Arrives After the Funeral · Another Year 2010 · Ch. 20/25

• Goodbyes & funerals
• Speeches
• Comforting

“but, uh, I don't think you're supposed to be here.”

Emmet Touches the Piece of Resistance · The Lego Movie 2014 · Ch. 3/22

• Persuasion
• Storytelling
• Explaining

“I go through life thinking everyone's watching me. Are they?”

CC and Hillary Grow Up by Letter · Beaches 1988 · Ch. 3/30

• Comforting a friend
• Storytelling
• Complaining

“At the end of every chapter you are left guessing what he'll be up to next.”

Kurtz Feeds Martins a Cover Story · The Third Man 1949 · Ch. 3/17

• Investigation
• Storytelling
• Explaining

“That's why I'm so sad 'cause you won't give me any jelly beans.”

Jelly Beans and the Screaming Boy · Blue Jay 2016 · Ch. 5/18

• Small talk
• Storytelling
• Explaining

“You just started to fall apart a little bit there.”

Tommy Climbs in a Circle · The Dawn Wall 2017 · Ch. 18/24

• Comforting a friend
• Storytelling
• Comforting

“They're all counting on us.”

Peach Rallies the Toads for Battle · The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 · Ch. 8/14

• Speeches
• Promising
• Persuading

“All hail our rightful ruler, King Candy.”

Vanellope Crashes the Roster Race · Wreck-It Ralph 2012 · Ch. 9/19

• Speeches
• Accusations
• Saying no

“Get your head right right now because you're about to have the most important conversation of your life.”

Brian Reads His Story Aloud · 5 to 7 2014 · Ch. 8/10

• Speeches
• Job interview
• Warning

“As far as the funds are concerned, I have little need or utility for more than $100,000 at any one time.”

Hanssen's Letter to the KGB · Breach 2007 · Ch. 12/20

• Monologues
• Interrogations
• Explaining

“That's a long time to be nowhere.”

Owen Needs a Hero at the Tubes · The Way Way Back 2013 · Ch. 12/18

• Speeches
• Office chat
• Inviting

“We had no money. And the price of his silence was that we work for him for nothing. We were slaves.”

Wadsworth Explains Why He Gathered Them · Clue 1985 · Ch. 6/17

• Investigation
• Storytelling
• Explaining

“It was worth a try.”

Aron Records a Video Diary · 127 Hours 2010 · Ch. 3/5

• Monologues
• Explaining
• Complaining

“I know what it's like to be sick, Sylvia.”

Gertrude's Basement Confession · An American Crime 2007 · Ch. 13/16

• Monologues
• Parents & kids
• Explaining

“We got the prettiest place on earth.”

Hushpuppy Describes the Bathtub · Beasts of the Southern Wild 2012 · Ch. 1/4

• Monologues
• Storytelling
• Explaining

“If they really put forth the effort, I'll give 'em something, but tipping automatically is for the birds.”

Mr. Pink Refuses to Tip · Reservoir Dogs 1992 · Ch. 2/22

• Arguments
• Persuasion
• Saying no

“Never let another writer read your material. He may steal it.”

Norma Makes Joe Read Salome · Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Ch. 5/19

• Storytelling
• Complimenting
• Asking

“First place is reserved for the Führer.”

Jojo Refuses to Kill the Rabbit · Jojo Rabbit 2019 · Ch. 2/18

• Speeches
• Comforting a friend
• Comforting