Englisch mit Videos lernen

Wähle eine Zeile aus, um sie noch einmal zu hören. Wähle ein beliebiges Wort aus, um seine Bedeutung zu sehen. Wichtige Wörter aus diesem Video sind unterstrichen.

1. 0:00
   Theo Theo: No bases. I'll make the dough from zero.
2. 0:04
   Nadia Nadia: Pizza night! I'll buy the bases.
3. 0:07
   Theo Theo: No bases. I'll make the dough from zero.
4. 0:11
   Nadia Nadia: From zero? You mean with nothing?
5. 0:14
   Theo Theo: With flour! From the... start? Help.
6. 0:20
   Narrator Theo knows what he wants.
7. 0:22
   Narrator He just can't find the phrase.
8. 0:26
   Narrator From scratch tells us where the work begins.
9. 0:30
   Narrator Buy a pizza base, and someone else did the first part.
10. 0:34
    Narrator Make the dough yourself, and you begin at the very first step.
11. 0:40
    Narrator That's from scratch.
12. 0:42
    Narrator So the phrase tells us which stage you do yourself.
13. 0:47
    Narrator A bought base is a shortcut.
14. 0:50
    Narrator Flour, water and yeast are the start.
15. 0:54
    Narrator The word scratch has nothing to do with fingernails.
16. 0:59
    Narrator Here, it just means the very beginning.
17. 1:02
    Narrator It can mean raw ingredients, a blank screen, or zero experience.
18. 1:09
    Narrator Elena designed the flyer from scratch, on a blank screen.
19. 1:15
    Narrator There was no old file to copy.
20. 1:18
    Narrator The page was empty.
21. 1:20
    Narrator You can still use tools, a recipe, or help.
22. 1:25
    Narrator Only the starting point matters.
23. 1:28
    Narrator Before you use it, ask: what ready-made version am I skipping?
24. 1:35
    Nadia Nadia: You bought flour, yeast and olive oil?
25. 1:38
    Theo Theo: Yes. I'm making the dough from scratch.
26. 1:42
    Nadia Nadia: Is a recipe allowed?
27. 1:45
    Theo Theo: Sure. It's still from scratch with a recipe.
28. 1:49
    Narrator Put from scratch after the action, or after the object of the action.
29. 1:57
    Narrator With start or begin, it follows the verb directly.
30. 2:02
    Narrator We had to start from scratch.
31. 2:06
    Narrator With make, build, or design, the object comes first.
32. 2:12
    Narrator A good test: say the verb and the object first, then add from scratch.
33. 2:20
    Narrator He built a website from scratch.
34. 2:24
    Narrator Our club built its sign-up page from scratch.
35. 2:30
    Narrator Learning works the same way.
36. 2:32
    Narrator Here, it means you had no earlier knowledge.
37. 2:37
    Narrator She learned the violin from scratch.
38. 2:41
    Narrator He learned Spanish guitar from scratch.
39. 2:46
    Narrator The verb can change tense, but from scratch never changes.
40. 2:53
    Narrator Made it from scratch. Okay?
41. 2:56
    Narrator She says she made it from scratch.
42. 2:59
    Narrator She used no ready-made base, so she did every step herself.
43. 3:04
    Narrator The speaker isn't showing off.
44. 3:07
    Narrator They just say how it was made.
45. 3:11
    Narrator Your turn.
46. 3:13
    Narrator Listen, then say it out loud.
47. 3:16
    Narrator I'm learning the guitar from scratch.
48. 3:24
    Narrator We're writing the story from scratch.
49. 3:35
    Theo Theo: My dough looks like soup. Can I just add flour?
50. 3:38
    Nadia Nadia: Maybe. Or start from scratch.
51. 3:42
    Theo Theo: No more soup. I'm starting from scratch.
52. 3:46
    Nadia Nadia: Brave man. I'll bring more flour.
53. 3:50
    Narrator Theo's dough was too wet.
54. 3:53
    Narrator Adding flour would save some of the work.
55. 3:57
    Narrator Starting again can keep your notes, an outline, or a draft.
56. 4:04
    Narrator Starting again can keep earlier work.
57. 4:08
    Narrator She changed two rooms in the old plan.
58. 4:13
    Narrator Starting from scratch throws it all away.
59. 4:17
    Narrator She drew a new plan from scratch.
60. 4:21
    Narrator The cloth tore, so the tailor cut a new jacket from scratch.
61. 4:27
    Narrator The old cloth was ruined.
62. 4:30
    Narrator The tailor kept nothing, so it's from scratch.
63. 4:34
    Narrator So ask one question.
64. 4:37
    Narrator Did I keep anything from before?
65. 4:40
    Narrator Don't mix it up with up to scratch.
66. 4:44
    Narrator That one means good enough.
67. 4:47
    Narrator Well, I don't wanna start from scratch later.
68. 4:51
    Narrator He wants to do the work now, so he won't have to begin again with nothing ready later.
69. 4:57
    Narrator That's starting from scratch.
70. 5:01
    Narrator Choose the best answer.
71. 5:03
    Narrator You kept your old notes and changed only the last page.
72. 5:13
    Narrator B.
73. 5:14
    Narrator You kept your earlier notes, so this is starting again.
74. 5:18
    Narrator From scratch means you keep nothing from the old version.
75. 5:23
    Narrator Learners often change this phrase.
76. 5:26
    Narrator Keep both words exactly as they are.
77. 5:30
    Narrator Don't add the or a before scratch.
78. 5:34
    Narrator And don't swap from for another word.
79. 5:40
    Narrator Say it like this: I made it from scratch.
80. 5:45
    Narrator Think of it as one block.
81. 5:47
    Narrator Nothing goes between the two words.
82. 5:50
    Narrator The phrase is not formal or rude.
83. 5:54
    Narrator You can use it at dinner, in a meeting, or in an email.
84. 6:00
    Narrator It doesn't mean the work was hard.
85. 6:04
    Narrator It only says where you began.
86. 6:07
    Narrator In a meeting, she said the handbook was developed from scratch.
87. 6:13
    Narrator In speech, from is short and soft.
88. 6:18
    Narrator Scratch gets the strong stress.
89. 6:22
    Narrator If I may, have you ever considered making the soup from scratch?
90. 6:26
    Narrator She says "from scratch" as two fixed words: making the soup from basic ingredients, with
91. 6:34
    Narrator nothing between "from" and "scratch".
92. 6:39
    Narrator Choose the best answer.
93. 6:41
    Narrator Which person made pizza from scratch?
94. 6:50
    Narrator B.
95. 6:52
    Narrator She started with raw ingredients and no prepared base.
96. 6:57
    Narrator In A, someone else already made the base.
97. 7:02
    Nadia Nadia: This pizza is great! Did you buy the base?
98. 7:05
    Theo Theo: No! I made the dough from scratch.
99. 7:09
    Nadia Nadia: Next time, let's make the sauce from scratch.
100. 7:12
     Theo Theo: Deal. No jars this time.
101. 7:15
     Narrator One more.
102. 7:17
     Narrator A woman built a desk from scratch.
103. 7:21
     Narrator Choose the best answer.
104. 7:28
     Narrator B. From scratch only describes the starting point.
105. 7:32
     Narrator She can still use tools, plans, and help from other people.
106. 7:40
     Narrator Now a dictation.
107. 7:42
     Narrator Listen carefully, then write the whole sentence.
108. 8:11
     Narrator Check your sentence.
109. 8:13
     Narrator Did you keep from scratch as two words, with no a or the?
110. 8:20
     Narrator No prepared base to start with?
111. 8:23
     Narrator Use from scratch.
112. 8:25
     Narrator Put it after the verb, or after the object.
113. 8:30
     Narrator Keep the two words fixed, with no the or a.
114. 8:37
     Narrator Next, practice from scratch with the exercises for this lesson.
115. 8:43
     Narrator Like and subscribe for more.

Wähle zu jeder Frage eine Antwort und prüfe sie danach.

1. Frage 1

   Which situation is the best example of doing something from scratch?

   A Reheating a packaged meal in a microwave oven for three minutes B Baking bread by measuring your own flour, yeast, salt, and water C Adding fresh cheese to a frozen pizza before putting it in the oven
   Antwort prüfen Mit dem Tutor chatten