“Have to” or “get to”?

What it means

• “Have to” or “get to”? ...that we get to exist together.
• have to = you must do it I have to work today.
• get to = you are lucky to do it I get to travel next week!
• a whole bunch of = a lot of (informal) This is a whole bunch of nothing.

Transcript

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1. 0:00You guys are talking to us because we're in a spaceship
2. 0:02really far from Earth, but you're on a spaceship called Earth
3. 0:06that was created to give us a place
4. 0:08to live in the universe, in the cosmos.
5. 0:10Maybe the distance we are from you
6. 0:12makes you think what we're doing is special,
7. 0:14but we're the same distance from you.
8. 0:16And I'm trying to tell you, just trust me:
9. 0:19You are special in all of this emptiness.
10. 0:21This is a whole bunch of nothing, this thing we call the universe.
11. 0:24You have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together.

Quick quiz

1. Question 1 of 2

   “We get to exist together” means…

   AWe must exist together.BWe don't want to exist together.CWe are lucky to exist together.DWe arrive together.

2. Question 2 of 2

   What does the astronaut call Earth?

   AA small moonBA spaceshipCA big stationDA long road