MICROWAVE OVEN
SWEATPANTS
STOOL
RECLINER
LONG-SLEEVED T-SHIRT
TRISCUITS
BADGE
BIFOCALS
LADDER
RUNGS STEPS
MUD HUT
Joey: Oh no, I can’t go. I’m practicing; I got an audition to be the host of a new game show.
Ross: Oh cool!
Chandler: That’s great.
Joey: Yeah-yeah, and if I get it by day I’ll be (In a sexy voice) Dr. Drake Remoray, but by night I’ll be (In an announcer’s voice) Joey Trrrribbiani!
Chandler: You’ll be perfect for this! That’s already your name!
Joey: But the audition’s in a couple hours and I don’t even understand the game.
Ross: Well do you want some help?
Joey: Oh really? That’d be great! You guys can be the contestants!
Ross: Awesome!
Chandler: Okay, I guess we can lose to junior high girls some other time.
Joey: (announcer voice) All right! Let’s play Bamboozled!
Chandler: Bamboozled?
Joey: Yeah, isn’t that a cool name?
Ross: (simultaneously with Chandler) Yeah!
Chandler: (simultaneously with Ross) No!
Joey: All right. Uhh, okay. Our first contestant is Ross Geller. Why don’t you tell us a little bit about you, Ross?
Ross: Well uh, I-I’m a paleontologist. Umm, I-I live in New York. I have a son Ben. Uh, hi Ben! (Waves.) And uh…
Joey: I said a little bit Ross. Now, how about you Chandler?
Chandler: Well Joey, I’m a headhunter. I hook up out of work Soviet scientists with rogue third-world nations. Hi Rasputin! (Waves.)
Joey: Excellent! Let’s play Bamboozled! Chandler, you’ll go first. What is the capital of Colombia?
Chandler: Bogota.
Joey: It’s Ba-go-ta, but close enough. Now, you can either pass your turn to Ross or pick a Wicked Wango card.
Chandler: What does a Wicked Wango card do?
Joey: I should know that. Let’s see, just one moment please. Umm, here we are, a Wicked Wango card determines whether you go higher or lower.
Chandler: Higher or lower than what?
Joey: This is embarrassing. (Looks it up.)
Chandler: (To Ross) Can you believe how lame this is?
Ross: I’m sorry, I don’t believe contestants are allowed to talk to each other.
Joey: All right Ross you’re in the lead, would you like to take another question or spin the Wheel of Mayhem?
Ross: The wheel has not been my friend tonight Joey. Uh, I’ll take another question.
Joey: Okay, this is gonna be tough. Hold your breath.
Ross: It’s okay, I’m ready.
Joey: No dude, you gotta hold your breath until you’re ready to answer the question. It's part of the game.
Chandler: This is ridiculous, he’s not gonna hold his breath… (Ross cuts him off by taking a deep breath and holding it.)
Joey: Okay, what do you have a fear of if you suffer from this phobia, Tris…Holy cow, that’s a big word. Trisc… Seriously look at this thing. Chandler, how do you say that?
Chandler: Let me see that.
Joey: This one right here. (Ross whines.)
Chandler: Triscadecaphobia.
Ross: (exhaling) The fear of Triscuts!
Joey: No! No, fear of the number 13.
Chandler: Fear of Triscuts?
Ross: It’s possible, they have really sharp edges.
Joey: All right Chandler, you’re up.
Ross: Wait a minute, I-I believe I’m entitled to use my Angel Pass for a free turn?
Chandler: This game makes no sense!
Ross: Y’know what? You’re just upset because you’re losing.
Chandler: Oh come on Ross, I think we’re all losers here.
Joey: All right. Chandler, you can either spin the wheel or pick a Google card.
Chandler: Let me think. Let me think—Oh! I don’t care.
Joey: You-you must choose Mr. Bing.
Chandler: Either, it makes no difference.
Joey: Choose, you jackass!
Chandler: I’ll take a card.
Joey: Okay, you picked the Gimmie card! You get all of Ross’s points!
Ross: What?!
Chandler: This game is kinda fun.
Ross: (To Chandler) You don’t think it’s a little crazy that you get all my points just ‘cause you…
Chandler: I don’t think the contestants are supposed to speak to each other.
Joey: (To Chandler) In what John Houston film would you hear this line, "Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!"
Chandler: Treasure of the Sierra Madre!
Joey: Correct! There’s a possible backwards bonus!
Chandler: Madre Sierra the of Treasure!
Joey: Yes!
Chandler: I’d like to go up the ladder of chance to the golden mud hut please.
Joey: Wise choice, how many rungs?
Chandler: Six!
Joey: (makes a sound like a monkey) That noise can only me one thing.
Chandler: (disappointed and simultaneously as Ross) Hungry monkey.
Ross: (excited and simultaneously as Chandler) Hungry monkey! (To Chandler) Haaa! (To Joey) I’d like a Wicked Wango card!
Joey: Okay, it’s an audio question, name this television theme song. (Starts humming the theme to I Dream of Genie.)
Ross: (thinking) Oh. (Pause) Oh! Oh my God! Okay, I know this, give me-give me a second!
Chandler: Tell it to the Time Turtle!
Ross: Shut up! I Dream of Genie!
Joey: Yes! Yes, you’re back in the lead!
Ross: I’d like to spin the wheel!
(Joey makes a sound like a game show wheel spinning with the pointer bouncing off of the bars on the wheel as it slows and comes to a stop.)
Chandler: (annoyed) Oh come on!!
Joey: All right! All right! Uh, umm, Super-Speedy Speed round!
Ross: Is there a hopping bonus?
Joey: Of course!
(Ross gets up and starts to hop on one leg.)
Joey: Who invented bifocals?
Ross: Ben Franklin.
Joey: Correct! Which monarch has ruled Great Britain the longest?
Ross: Queen Victoria.
Joey: Correct again! But, you forgot to switch legs between questions, so no hopping bonus!
Ross: Noooo!!! Every time!!!
Joey: Now, over to Chandler.
Chandler: I’d like a Google Card.
Joey: Are you sure?
Chandler: Yes! (Pause) No! (Pause) Google!
Joey: Oh my God! Congratulations Ross, because Chandler, you’ve been Bamboozled!
Chandler: Nooo!!
Ross: Yeah!!
Chandler: This is the best game ever!!!
Grammar
Either/or; Neither/nor
When making
comparisons, “either” goes with “or” and “neither” with “nor”:
- “I want to buy either a new desktop computer or a laptop, but I have neither the cash nor the credit I need.”
“Either”
often gets misplaced in a sentence:
- “He either wanted to build a gambling casino or a convent” should be “He wanted to build either a gambling casino or a convent.”
In this example, both things are wanted, so “either” comes after
the verb.
But if the
action is different in regard to the things compared, the “either” has to come
before the verb:
- “He wanted either to build a casino or remodel a convent.”
Here two different actions are being compared, so the “either” has to precede
both actions.
Negative Questions
Contracted
and uncontracted negative questions have different word order. Uncontracted
negative questions are usually used in a formal style.
- Aren’t you coming? (Contracted – auxiliary verb + n’t + subject)
- Doesn’t he understand? (Auxiliary verb + n’t + subject)
- Are you not coming? (Uncontracted – auxiliary verb + subject + not)
- Does he not understand? (Auxiliary verb + subject + not)
Two
meanings
A negative
question can have two different kinds of meanings. It can, for example, be used
to ask for confirmation of something you believe to be true.
- Didn’t you see Ann yesterday? How is she doing? = (I believe that you saw Ann yesterday.)
You may
also express your opinions in a more polite way by changing them into negative
questions.
- Wouldn’t it be nice to paint that wall green? (More polite than ‘It would be nice to paint that wall green.’)
A negative
question can also be used to ask for confirmation of a negative belief. In this
case the speaker is surprised that something has not happened or is not
happening.
- Hasn’t the postman come yet?
Polite requests,
offers, complaints etc
Pressing
offers and invitations often assume the form of negative questions. They
usually begin Won’t you…? Wouldn’t you…? or Why don’t you…?
- Wouldn’t you like something to drink?
- Why don’t you come and spend the evening with us?
In other
cases we do not normally use a negative question to ask people to do things.
- Can you help me with my homework? (Ordinary question used as a request.)
Using Whether
Whether is used when someone does not know which of the two possibilities is true.
- She asked me whether I was married.
- I don’t know whether she will come.
- I asked whether she had received the letter.
Whether … or… is often used as a double conjunction.
- She doesn’t know whether her son is dead or alive.
- I don’t know whether the answer is right or wrong.
Whether is also used to suggest that it doesn’t matter which of the two possibilities is true because the situation will remain the same.
- Whether we go by road or rail, the journey will take at least four hours.
Whether… or not
- Jenny is going abroad whether she likes it or not.
- Jenny is going abroad whether or not she likes it.
Whether and if
Both whether and if can be used to introduce indirect Yes/No questions.
- She asked if I liked English films. OR She asked whether I liked English films.
Before an infinitive, we use whether. If is not possible in this case.
- I can’t decide whether to accept that job. (NOT I can’t decide if to accept that job.)
After a preposition, use whether.
- There are doubts about whether the judgment was fair.
Whether can be followed by ‘or not’. If is not possible in this case.
- The question is whether or not we have the right to interfere. (NOT The question is if or not…)
Both whether and if are possible when ‘or’ appears later in the sentence; however, whether is considered more correct.
- It is not clear whether the source of information is reliable or not. (Formal)
- It is not clear if the source of information is reliable or not. (Very informal)
Curiosity
All about soap operas in the United States
Soap operas are a kind of television drama series. But why are they called soap operas?
This kind of drama series first started on the radio in the 1930s. At that time, women did not work outside the home but were housewives instead. They enjoyed listening to this kind of series on the radio during the day while they did their work. For this reason, the commercials that came on during these series were often for housecleaning products like laundry detergent and dish soap. And because an opera is a kind of dramatic play, people began to call this kind of drama series "soap operas", or just "soaps".
Soap operas became an important part of daytime television in the early 1950s. At that time, soap operas were still usually watched by housewives. But since the 1970s, more and more women have begun to work outside the home, and the audience for daytime soaps is now much smaller. For the past few decades, evening soap operas have become very popular, and not just with women, but with the whole family.
People are usually very loyal to ther soaps and wouldn't dream of missing an episode, though many popular soap operas in the U.S. have been on TV for over 50 years. In fact, because some soap operas continue for so many year, sometimes different actors may have to play the same person.
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