Tintin in: Red Rackham's Treasure #5
Tintin in: Red Rackham's Treasure
Episode 5
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Oh, hi, my name is Ben. Welcome to Ben's Language Lab. As we know, stories are one of the best ways to improve at a language, and stories with pictures, like these, are even better. So today, we're going to read a comic together. This video is meant for beginner-level English learners, and so if you need, there are subtitles available, or you can see the entire transcript on benslanguagelab.com. Make sure you subscribe to see more videos just like this one. For now, all you need to do is watch, listen, and enjoy. We're still reading Tintin and Red Rackham's Treasure, and if you haven't seen the other episodes or the previous series, make sure that you find those in the links in the description so that you can watch from the beginning. Let's start learning. So remember, last time, they were on the boat, Tintin and Haddock are on the boat, and they're trying to figure out who is stealing the food and the whiskey. Somebody stole chicken, somebody stole whiskey and biscuits. All of these things have been stolen in the last pass a day, I believe. And so let's try to figure out who it is. Oh yeah, and there were all of these steel plates. It's a big mystery. Oh, and my tablet disconnected again. This is so annoying. Sorry, allow me to reconnect my tablet so that you can see the next page along with me. Select window, there we go. Now we can see. And so they're out on the ship's deck, which is this here, the deck of the ship, and they're walking along and they go, oh, Snowy. He looks, ooh, loopy. He's all twisted around. And then Tintin comes up to him and says, great snakes, why, he's drunk. Yeah, you can see, okay. Because Snowy is very tipsy. He's been drinking. He's drunk. Snowy, what have you done? Oh, your breath smells like whiskey. Because he smells his breath. And it smells very strongly of whiskey, right? And so he goes, oh God And then now come on show us where you found the whiskey He's now trying to figure out what's happening because they're looking for the whiskey, right? Somebody stole the whiskey And then Snowy says, all right you you want a drink too? You want some whiskey? It's good and then look here it is. It's on the wall and And then they go, oh, okay, so it wasn't snowy. See, the bottle must have smashed up there. He's pointing upwards, right? So this is all the liquid dripping down. It's dripping. Drip, drip, drip. All right, the drops of liquid. Those are my drops of whiskey. And so he's pointing up. Let's go investigate. The bottle must have smashed up there. So they go up, they climb the ladder here. They climb up here, and they're going back, and then Tintin goes, huh, he looks surprised. Oh, look there, blistering barnacles if I ever catch him. Now, Hadek is now angry because it's his whiskey. He smashed his whiskey. That's so mean. But then suddenly Tintin says, shh, listen, listen. And then we hear, That's what the Z's mean in English. Snoring. That's called snoring. Right? That's called snoring. So somebody's in here snoring. Someone is asleep in this lifeboat, he says. This is the lifeboat. If there's a problem on the ship, you can get on the lifeboat to save your life. impossible the lashings are secure at least um and so he's pointing at the at the the boat right so this is the lashing and so it's it's closing the the ship And so he's saying that it's impossible because somebody would have had to open the lashings, to undo the lashings in order to get in, but they're secure. That's what he's saying. But then on the other side, he goes, blistering barnacles. The lashings are free on this side. There's someone in this lifeboat. So on the other side of the boat, they have taken off the lashings. They've undone them so that they can get inside, right? Because it's held closed. So they open it together, thundering typhoons. And then we see Professor Calculus. Sleeping soundly in the lifeboat with his box of biscuits. Billions of blistering blue barnacles! Get up, you!" says Haddock, and he grabs him by the scruff of the neck, by the collar, and says, My whiskey! You wretch, what have you done with my whiskey? Thundering typhoons, answer me! Where's my whiskey? And then he says, I must confess, I did sleep rather badly, but I hope you will give me a cabin. Because remember, he's deaf, he can't hear very well, or at all. And so he's not actually hearing what Haddock is saying, who just wants to know where his whiskey is. But then he says, oh, I slept terribly. It's so uncomfortable. Would you give me a cabin, please? A cabin? I'm going to give you, I'll give you a cabin. I'm going to stow you in the bottom of the hold for the rest of the voyage. on dry bread and water. And my whiskey, where's my whiskey? Let's see, there's some good words in here. So we have stow, which is very much like to store something, right? To put something away, to store it. But it's mostly used for cargo or things on a boat, a plane, something like that. So under a plane is often called the stowage because that's where you stow something. So in this case, putting stuff under the boat in a place for things is called stowing. The hold is a place where you might put stuff that you're stowing. It's basically just a room that holds stuff, essentially. It can be called the hold. Then a voyage is a trip on a boat, usually. You can also use it for a general trip or when you're going out on an adventure of some kind. You can call it a voyage, but it's mostly used for boats. And then finally, on, in this case, is a little bit interesting. Because he says that you'll be on dry bread and water. He doesn't mean literally on top of, right? So it's not like this is a loaf of bread and water. He's not putting them on there, but we use the word on for things like a diet. So you'd say, I'm on a diet. I'm not eating carbs or whatever your diet is. I'm not eating sugar. I'm on a diet. And so you can use that in a way to say that you're putting somebody on a diet by saying, I'm putting you on dry bread and water. Basically, you're going to survive on dry bread and water. That's what you're going to use to survive. So he's saying that he's only going to give him dry bread and water to eat and drink He's a almost a prisoner. He's going into the stowhold He's going to be given dry bread and water for the entire voyage. Where's my whiskey? He says It's on board of course he says it's on board heaven be praised is what he says Naturally, it's in separate pieces In separate pieces, my whiskey is in separate pieces, he says. And so now it looks again like they might be talking about different things. Of course, it is a little smaller than the first one, but nevertheless, it was too big to pass unnoticed. So I had to dismantle it and put all the parts and pack all the parts in cases. It says Professor Calculus. So he's talking about those steel plates they found, right? He's not talking about whiskey. He's not talking about whiskey. He's talking about something else, right? It's a little bit smaller than the first one. Remember back several episodes ago, we saw his machine. But it was too big still it was too big to pass unnoticed And that's when something isn't seen or noticed right when it passes without being noticed Like he did up till now So we had to take it apart he had to dismantle it to take it apart and pack all the parts in the cases he says What about the whiskey of those cases? Tell me, or is it still ashore? He says, he was talking about, he wants to know where his whiskey is, right? So where's all the cases that was in those, no, all the whiskey that was in those cases. Oh no, no, no. It was the night before you sailed. The cases were still on the quay, ready to be embarked. I took out all the bottles that they contained and put the pieces of my machine in their place, is what he says. So now he's going back. A day ago, it was the night before, and all the stuff was still on the quay. I've never seen that word, but it must be like the boarding place. I'm ready to be embarked, which loaded, stuff to put on the boat. I took out all the bottles that they contained, and then put the pieces of my machine in their place. You wretch! Ignoramus! Abnominable snowman! Abominable snowman! I'll throw you overboard! Overboard, you hear? So now, Haddock is very upset. His whiskey is not on board, and he's very unhappy. And the Calculus says, thank you, Captain. Thank you very much. It's just what I expected from you. Such a kind welcome. You'll see. You won't regret it. He says, of course, not understanding anything that Haddock says and assuming that he's welcome. And so he's going to go make himself comfortable. So we skip to a few days later, some days later, we see the ship Sirius out here on the sea, sailing along, and then we see Haddock and Tintin in a map room. So this is a map, and they're probably, they're like in a cabin or a room to talk about the map. We see they have a ruler and a compass to be able to measure things on the map and understand where they're going. Look, we have reached the position indicated by the parchments. We should soon see the island off which the unicorn sank. Isn't the island marked on any charts? And so they're talking about the last series when they found the location. Because they know where the location is on the map, and so they're sailing in that direction. And so they're in the position indicated, right? That's shown. And we should soon see the island off which through my pencil across the room. Here it is. And so the island off which this unicorn sank, right? So it sank near an island, and so they're going to go to that island. But then Tintin asks, is the island marked anywhere? Do people know about the island? No, but that sometimes happens with small, unimportant islands. Come on, we'll see if we can try to spot it, he says. And so the island that they're looking for is like here. There's no mark, right? There's an island here, there's one here, but there's nothing here is what they're talking about because it's small and unimportant is what he's saying. It doesn't matter very much. And so it's not on a map. Look, we'll try to spot it. So they get out their binoculars. These are called binoculars. And they are looking for the island. I can't see anything yet. Can you? Nothing. So they're looking around and looking around. Can you see anything? Not yet, but there's a bottle of champagne for the first one to sight land. And so they all start looking. Binoculars, some of them are just covering their eyes with their hand to look and squint. He's also got some binoculars. Over there, he says, and shouts and points. Where's the island? I can't see anything. It was, Captain, a shark. I know it was. I saw one. I really did. And so, of course, he doesn't know what they're looking for. He's looking for a shark. do do do do right the big raw beast that's going to the in in the ocean a shark is what he found um like a big fish like sort of like this boop got a fin on top some fins on the side that's a shark um but he didn't see it land he's Not very helpful. And so they keep looking, they're on the top here, the upper deck, looking around with their binoculars, with their eyes, looking for the island. Still no sign, it's very strange. What's the name of the island? Says one of the Thompsons. How should I know? It's not marked on any of the charts. A chart is just a map for boats. Just a different word for some reason. Same thing though, it's a map for boats. Oh, but are you sure we're near it? He asks. Positive, I plotted the position yesterday at noon, is what he says. So they should be close because he worked on it, he plotted it, he found where it was and he set them in that direction. Yesterday at noon, they should be here by now. uh yes i see but uh suppose you made a mistake in your calculations he says um and that makes haddock angry because he goes a mistake right you did something wrong in your calculations when you were looking at the charge and going okay we're here we're gonna go there yeah Oh, so I made a mistake in my calculations, did I? All right, they're on my table. Go and check them. Yes, you. Now, go on, check them, he says, is what he's saying. Because he doesn't think he made a mistake. And instead, Thompson is being ridiculous. And so he's saying, you go do it. You go check them. They're on the table. And then the man says, Calculus says, tell me, Captain, was it a fish jumping out of the water just now? No, it was a grand piano, he says, because the man saw something jump out. A fish, probably. So he asks, was that a fish? And then Haddock is upset and says, no, it was a piano. It wasn't a piano, obviously, but he's being sarcastic. It's not really a piano, but it's a dumb question, he thinks. Of course it was a fish. We're in the ocean, is what he says. But then he says, ah, I didn't think it could have been a fish, as if he believes him. And so then a few minutes later, the Thompsons come back and say, you must forgive me, Captain, but there really is a little mistake in your calculations. Look, this is where we are exactly. You are right, gentlemen. You are right. I made a mistake. Gentlemen, please take off your hats, he says. So he's saying that, you're right, I made a mistake, now take off your hats, please. And then, why must we take off our hats, Captain? Shh, he says, and so they have their hats off, he's praying. He's thinking, he's praying, he's telling them, shush, be quiet. But Captain, now tell us what you mean. Now, he says, looking at his hat, and then looking back at them, I mean, gentlemen, that according to your calculations, we are now standing in Westminster Abbey. Because they tried to do the calculations. They tried to do it. And Westminster Abbey is in London, I think. Yeah, it's in London, which is not in the middle of the ocean. And so they are very wrong. Very, very wrong is what he's saying. You two are ridiculous. You have made a humongous mistake. We're not in London, you idiots. We're not in Westminster Abbey. Ridiculous. And so they both are upset and they put their hats on and they march away. And then he says, thousands of thundering typhoons. Where's that miserable island got to? He's very upset. Where's the island? They're looking for the island and they can't find it. And then they're on the boat. They're looking out over the ocean. And Haddock goes, I'm beginning to think Sir Francis Haddock was pulling our legs. He's very upset because it doesn't seem to be there. To pull someone's leg is to play a trick on them, a joke, right? And so if you say, there's treasure here on this island, but the island doesn't exist, that's a bit of a joke. And so he's sort of, he's pulling their leg maybe. And then Hattension says, I'm beginning to think so too. It feels like a joke. We'll soon see. It's almost noon. We'll take a sight. I'll go and fetch my sextant. And so really quick explanation here at noon when the Sun is directly above so the Sun is Perfectly up in the in the sky, right? So the Sun starts in the The West it goes up in the sky and then down so at noon the highest point you can take a reading and you can call that a site, and they're going to try to figure out where in the world they are. Because they don't have phones. They don't have a phone that says, you are here. They have to figure it out themselves with the sun. And so a sextant is a device that you use to look at the sun and the horizon and other things to figure out with math where on earth you are. And so he's going to grab his sextant, they're going to figure out where they are so they can figure out what's wrong with the island. or where it should be. However, that's all the time that we have for this episode. I hope that you enjoyed and maybe learned a little something new. Make sure that you're subscribed to the channel and comment below with how it went. What did you learn today? And remember, transcripts for everything are always on benslanguagelab.com. I'll see you in the next video. Have a good one. Bye.
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