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  • Welcome to English at the movies where we teach you American English.

  • Heard at the movies are saying today is God our work cut out for us from the film Norm of the North.

  • This movie is about a polar bear and his animal friends.

  • They go to New York City and try to stop a rich man from building on their home in the Arctic.

  • Listen for the phrase got our work cut out for us.

  • We've really got our work cut out for us.

  • Look, a bear like me doing a city like this.

  • I'm going to be so rich when I sell up, the Arctic is gonna be condos, shopping malls.

  • That's my So what do you think got our work cut out for us?

  • Means is it This will take a lot of work.

  • Four, our work will be cut.

  • We've really got our work cut out for us.

  • I'm going to be so rich when I sell up.

  • The Arctic is gonna be condos shopping malls.

  • That's my home.

  • Got our work cut out for us means that this will take a lot of work.

  • After Norm arrives in New York City.

  • He understands he and his friends have a big job to do.

  • Defeating the rich man's attempt to destroy their Arctic home will be hard.

  • If you start a big new project, you also may say you have your work cut out for you.

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