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  • [MUSIC PLAYING]

  • ONE DIRECTION: This letter's "U."

  • You know it's true.

  • It starts some words.

  • There are more than a few-ew-ew.

  • LOUIS: U starts uh, and ugh and up.

  • U starts udon.

  • There's some in this cu-u-up.

  • HARRY: 26 letters are in the alphabet.

  • But we're here to sing about U.

  • ONE DIRECTION: U, you begin the word ukelele.

  • U, there's a UFO flying by me.

  • U, and you're gonna feel so unhappy.

  • I love U, ooh-ooh.

  • U, you know so you're useful.

  • U, for unique.

  • That's a unique gown.

  • U, check it out, Elmo's upside-down.

  • U, there's a unicorn dressed as a clown.

  • Letter U-u-u.

  • That's what makes you so useful.

  • Ooh-ooh.

  • HARRY: That's what makes you so useful.

  • ZAYN: Don't get upset.

  • U's what you get.

  • And when you swim underwater, you're we-e-et.

  • NIALL: U starts urn.

  • That's what I've learned.

  • And a unicycle taught to t-uh-urn.

  • HARRY: 26 letters are in the alphabet.

  • But we're here to sing about U.

  • ONE DIRECTION: U, for utensils in Grover's hands.

  • U is for uncles, but not for aunts.

  • U, there are U's on those underpants.

  • Letter U-u-u-- that's what makes you so useful.

  • Ah-ah-ah.

  • [CONTINUES_]

  • U, you're the ultimate.

  • Come take a bow.

  • U, there are artists under that cow.

  • U, check it out.

  • It's Bert's unibrow.

  • Starts with U-u-u.

  • U, you know you're so useful.

  • Ooh-ooh.

  • That's what makes you so useful.

  • Ooh-ooh.

  • HARRY: That what makes U so useful.

  • SINGER IN VIDEO: [SINGING], You sing a song,

  • and you be a great dancer.

  • You dunk a ball, and you make the right letter.

  • Everything you do, you do it better.

  • This is what you get.

  • 'Cause this is what you get. 'Cause

  • this is what you get-- with the power of yet.

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A2 SesameStreet harry letter direction urn alphabet

Sesame Street: One Direction What Makes U Useful

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    洪小雅 posted on 2015/08/29
Video vocabulary

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letter

US /ˈlɛtɚ/

UK /'letə(r)/

  • noun
  • One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
  • Message you put in an envelope and send by post
sing

US /sɪŋ/

UK /sɪŋ/

  • verb
  • To make musical sounds with your voice
swim

US /swɪm/

UK /swɪm/

  • noun
  • Act of swimming in a pool or ocean
  • verb
  • To move through water by moving parts of the body
cow

US /kaʊ/

UK /kaʊ/

  • noun
  • Large farm animal from which we get milk and beef
  • verb
  • To make afraid or ashamed; intimidate
dress

US /drɛs/

UK /dres/

  • noun
  • Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
  • A one-piece garment for women or girls that covers the body and part or all of the legs.
  • Clothing suitable for a time period or occasion
  • other
  • To put on one's clothes.
  • other
  • To put clothes on.
  • To prepare food for cooking or serving.
  • To prepare (poultry, game, etc.) for cooking or market by removing the feathers, fur, or entrails.
  • To clean and bandage a wound.
  • verb
  • To prepare food (e.g. salad) before cooking or eating
  • To decorate something for display e.g. a mannequin
  • To put clothes on
  • To clean, care for and apply a cover to a wound
  • adjective
  • Suitable for formal occasions.
fly

US /flai/

UK /flaɪ/

  • noun
  • Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
  • Opening with fold of cloth hiding zipper on pants
  • verb
  • To move in the wind, e.g. a flag
  • To move at a high speed
  • To travel in a plane, helicopter, balloon etc.
  • To pilot people or items by plane
  • To travel through the air using wings
ball

US /bɔl/

UK /bɔ:l/

  • noun
  • Large dance where people dress formally
  • Small round object often used in a game or sport
teach

US /titʃ/

UK /ti:tʃ/

  • verb
  • To help someone learn or do something
learn

US /lɚn/

UK /lɜ:n/

  • verb
  • To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
  • To gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, or by being taught.
  • other
  • To gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, or by being taught.
  • other
  • To gain knowledge or skill by studying, from experience, or by being taught.
  • To find out something.
  • To find out something.
word

US /wɚd/

UK /wɜ:d/

  • noun
  • Unit of language that has a meaning
  • Promise
  • Short remark or piece of information
  • verb
  • To express something by choosing particular words

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