Sesame Street
Ian McKellan: Resist
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Ian McKellan and Cookie Monster talk about the meaning of the word "resist".
Ian McKellan and Cookie Monster talk about the meaning of the word "resist".
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Sesame Street
Ian McKellan: Resist
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Ian McKellan and Cookie Monster talk about the meaning of the word "resist".
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OOKIE MONSTER.
- AND WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE WORD RESIST.
- YEAH.
RESIST.
- SO PLEASE TELL EVERYONE WHAT THE WORD RESIST MEANS, COOKIE MONSTER.
- SORRY, SIR IAN, BUT ME NO CAN DO THAT.
- WHY NOT?
- ME HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WORD RESIST MEAN.
- AH, I SEE.
YEAH.
WELL, THEN I SHALL TELL EVERYONE WHAT THE WORD RESIST MEANS.
- OH, BO--OH, THIS EXCITING!
WHAT RESIST MEAN, SIR IAN?
- THE WORD RESIST MEANS TO CONTROL YOURSELF AND STOP YOURSELF FROM DOING SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANT TO DO.
- YEAH.
UH, ME NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
- WELL, COOKIE MONSTER, SAY THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY LOVED AND IT PULLED YOU TOWARDS IT LIKE SOME SORT OF POWERFUL MAGNET.
IF YOU WERE ABLE TO CONTROL YOURSELF AND NOT GO NEAR IT, YOU WOULD RESIST IT.
- AHA!
- SO NOW YOU UNDERSTAND?
- NOT AT ALL.
- OK. WELL, UH... - WHAT ELSE YOU GOT?
- SAY, THERE WAS A GOLDEN RING.
- OOH!
- AND YOU REALLY, REALLY WANTED THIS GOLDEN RING.
IT WAS LIKE YOUR PRECIOUS.
YOU WANT THIS RING SO BADLY, BUT IF YOU WERE ABLE TO CONTROL YOURSELF AND NOT GO NEAR THE RING, YOU WOULD RESIST IT.
- YOU KNOW, ME NOT MUCH OF A JEWELRY GUY, SO ME NOT SURE THAT VERY RELEVANT EXAMPLE.
- WELL, I SEE.
- YEAH.
- WELL, SAY IT WASN'T A RING AND SAY IT WAS A COOKIE.
HMM?
- COOKIE!
- YES.
A CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE.
- OH, ME LOVE COOK--NOW YOU SPEAKING ME LANGUAGE.
HA HA HA!
- YES.
WELL, IT IS GOLDEN BROWN, IT'S CRUNCHY, IT'S FILLED WITH MOIST AND SAVORY CHOCOLATE CHIPS.
- OHH.
AHH.
- IT DOES INDEED LOOK DELICIOUS, DOESN'T IT?
- OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
VERY DELICIOUS.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
OH, BOY, OH, BOY!
ME NEED COOKIE!
AHH!
- OH, NO, NO.
STOP, STOP, COOKIE MONSTER.
- WHAT?
WHY?
WHY STOP?
- BECAUSE WE'RE TELLING EVERYONE ABOUT THE WORD RESIST.
- YEAH, SO?
- SO RESIST MEANS TO CONTROL YOURSELF AND STOP YOURSELF FROM DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO.
- OK. WHAT YOU POINT?
- WELL, YOU CAN SHOW EVERYONE WHAT RESIST MEANS BY NOT EATING THIS COOKIE.
- OHH.
WHY ME PICK TODAY TO HELP WITH WORD?
UGH!
OK, OK.
IN NAME OF VOCABULARY, ME STOP MESELF AND ME RESIST THE COOKIE!
- SPLENDID.
YOU SEE, COOKIE MONSTER REALLY WANTS THIS COOKIE.
- YEAH, YEAH.
ME DO.
ME REALLY DO.
- YES?
YOU SEE, HE'S CONTROLLING HIMSELF, AND HE'S NOT EATING IT.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT, COOKIE MONSTER?
- YES.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
ME GOT IT, ME GOT IT.
THE COOKIE CALLING ME NAME, BUT ME RESIST, ME RESIST COOKIE.
- SO THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THAT IS THE WORD...
RESIST!
- RESIST!
OHH!
- I SAY, NICE JOB, COOKIE MONSTER.
- THANK YOU.
ARE WE DONE SHOWING WORD RESIST NOW, SIR IAN?
- YES, YES, WE ARE.
WHY DO YOU ASK?
- BECAUSE NOW ME NO CAN RESIST COOKIE ANYMORE.
COOKIE!
AHH, NUM NUM NUM NUM NUM!
OHH.
HERE.
WANT SOME?
- UH, NO.
I'M GOING TO RESIST.
- NUM NUM NUM NUM.
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