Learn English with an ESL Friends Lesson

The Egg Pickup Line


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Published: 24 Feb 2024
Level 3 (B1)   |   Time: 1:16
Accent: American
Source: Friends [S1 E14]

Chandler and Joey try to convince Ross to talk to a girl at the coffee shop.


Directions 이용안내 Direcciones Instruções Інструкції


  1. READ the VOCABULARY + BACKGROUND

    It is important to read the vocabulary and background before you watch the video. This will improve your ability to understand the video. It will also help you understand how the new vocabulary is used naturally.

  2. WATCH the VIDEO

    The first time you watch the video, just try to understand the overall situation.

  3. ANSWER the QUESTIONS

    First, try to answer all the questions from memory. Then rewatch the video and try to answer the questions that you missed.

  4. WATCH and READ the SCRIPT

    Watch the video again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.

  5. DO the ACTIVITIES

    There are several different activities that focus on listening accuracy, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.

  1. LEA el VOCABULARIO y ANTECEDENTES.

    Es importante leer el vocabulario y los antecedentes antes de ver el video. Esto mejorará su capacidad para comprender el video. También le ayudará a comprender cómo se usa el nuevo vocabulario de forma natural.

  2. VER el VIDEO

    La primera vez que vea el video, intente comprender la situación general.

  3. RESPONDE a las PREGUNTAS

    Primero intente responder todas las preguntas de memoria. Luego, vuelva a ver el video e intente responder las preguntas que se perdió.

  4. MIRAR Y LEER

    Mire el video nuevamente mientras lee el guión. Leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo lo ayudará a escuchar cada palabra individual y mejorará su precisión auditiva.

  5. HACER LAS ACTIVIDADES

    Hay una serie de actividades diferentes que se centran en la precisión auditiva, la pronunciación, el vocabulario, la gramática y la estructura de las oraciones.

  1. 어휘와 배경 읽기

    비디오를 보기 전에 어휘와 배경을 읽는 것이 중요합니다. 이렇게 하면 비디오를 이해하는 능력이 향상됩니다. 또한 새로운 어휘가 어떻게 자연스럽게 사용되는지 이해하는데 도움이됩니다.

  2. 비디오 보기

    비디오를 처음 볼 때 전체 상황을 이해하려고 노력하세요.

  3. 문제에 답하기

    먼저 모든 질문에 답을 해보세요. 그런 다음 비디오를 다시보고 놓친 질문에 답해보세요.

  4. 비디오 보면서 대본 읽기

    대본을 읽는 동안 비디오를 다시 보세요. 읽기와 듣기를 동시에 하면 각각의 단어를 듣고, 듣기 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있습니다.

  5. 액티비티 하기

    듣기 정확도, 발음, 어휘, 문법 및 문장 구조에 초점을 맞춘 다양한 액티비티가 있습니다.

  1. LER o VOCABULÁRIO + FUNDO

    É importante ler o vocabulário e o histórico antes de assistir ao vídeo. Isso melhorará sua capacidade de entender o vídeo. Também ajudará você a entender como o novo vocabulário é usado naturalmente.

  2. ASSISTA ao VÍDEO

    Na primeira vez que assistir ao vídeo, tente entender a situação geral.

  3. RESPONDA às PERGUNTAS

    Primeiro, tente responder todas as perguntas de memória. Em seguida, assista novamente ao vídeo e tente responder às perguntas que você errou.

  4. ASSISTA e LEIA o SCRIPT

    Assista ao vídeo novamente enquanto lê o roteiro. Ler e ouvir ao mesmo tempo ajudará você a ouvir cada palavra individualmente e a melhorar sua precisão auditiva.

  5. FAÇA as ATIVIDADES

    Existem várias atividades diferentes que se concentram na precisão auditiva, pronúncia, vocabulário, gramática e estrutura da frase.

  1. ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЛОВНИК і ОСНОВНУ ІНФОРМАЦІЮ

    Важливо прочитати словник і основну інформацію перед переглядом відео. Це покращить вашу здатність розуміти відео. Це також допоможе вам зрозуміти, як нова лексика використовується природно.

  2. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ ВІДЕО

    Коли дивитеся відео вперше, просто намагайтеся зрозуміти загальну ситуацію.

  3. ВІДПОВІДАЙТЕ НА ЗАПИТАННЯ

    Спочатку спробуйте відповісти на всі запитання з пам'яті. Потім перегляньте відео ще раз і спробуйте відповісти на запитання, які ви пропустили.

  4. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ і ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЦЕНАРІЙ

    Перегляньте відео ще раз, читаючи сценарій. Читання і слухання одночасно допоможе вам почути кожне окреме слово і покращити точність сприйняття на слух.

  5. ВИКОНАЙТЕ ЗАВДАННЯ

    Існує кілька різних завдань, які зосереджені на точності сприйняття на слух, вимові, лексиці, граматиці та структурі речень.

Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario Словник


Check the words you already know. Marca las palabras que ya conoces. Marque as palavras que você já conhece. 이미 아는 단어에 체크하세요. Позначте слова, які ви вже знаєте.

  • ☐ ☐ ☐ barely adv. - not much, hardly
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ You're in! exp. - She likes you!
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ get back in the game exp. - start dating again
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a lesbian n. - a woman who is romantically interested in other women
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ the shell n. - the outside of an egg
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ insane adj. - crazy, stupid
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ suicide n. - a mission that will definitely fail

n. - noun,    v. - verb,    phv. - phrasal verb,    adj. - adjective,    exp. - expression



Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes Контекст


Chandler from Friends Joey from Friends Ross from Friends
Chandler Joey Ross
  • Ross is usually not very confident with women.
  • Joey is very confident with women.

Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas Запитання


  1. The woman and Ross live in the same building.
    True
    False

  2. Ross and the woman are good friends.
    True
    False

  3. Ross lent the woman an egg once.
    True
    False

  4. Chandler thinks that Rachel likes Ross.
    True
    False

  5. Ross is married to a lesbian.
    True
    False

  6. Joey wants Ross to give an egg to the woman.
    True
    False

  7. Ross thinks that it is a good idea.
    True
    False

  8. Chandler thinks that Ross will be successful.
    True
    False

Score:



Grammar 문법 Gramática Gramática Граматика (aux. verbs)


Directions: 1) Read these sentences from the video and choose the word or expression that you think fits best. 2) Listen again and check your answers.

Instrucciones: 1) Lea la conversación y elija la palabra o expresión que crea que es mejor. 2) Escuche y verifique sus respuestas.

Instruções: 1) Leia a conversa e escolha a palavra ou expressão que você acha melhor. 2) Ouça novamente e verifique suas respostas.

지시 사항 : 1) 대화를 읽고 가장 적절하다고 생각되는 단어나 표현을 고르세요. 2) 답변을 듣고 확인합니다.

Інструкції: 1) Прочитайте ці речення з відео і виберіть слово або вираз, який, на вашу думку, підходить найкраще. 2) Прослухайте ще раз і перевірте свої відповіді.


  • I telling you Ross, she wants you.
  • Come on, Ross. You got to get back in the game here, okay?
  • The Rachel thing happening.
  • I think we need a third.
  • Excuse me. we get an egg over here?
  • Yeah, you going to go up to her and say, "Here's your egg back, I returning your egg."
  • you think it work?
  • No. It's suicide. The man got an egg.

Score:



Sentence Building 문장 만들기 Construção de sentença Construcción de oraciones Побудова речень


Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necesario

Instruções: Escreva frases sobre o videoclipe usando as palavras dadas. Você pode alterar a forma da palavra ou adicionar palavras, mas não pode alterar a ordem das palavras. Use o tempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necessário

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.
( ) = 선택 사항   [ ] = 필수 사항

Інструкції: Напишіть речення про відеокліп, використовуючи подані слова. Ви можете змінювати форму слова або додавати слова, але не можете змінювати порядок слів.
Використовуйте теперішній час.
( ) = необов'язково   [ ] = обов'язково



Sentence 1

Ross / Joey / Chandler / coffee / shop

Ross, Joey, and Chandler are [at/in] [the/a] coffee shop.



Sentence 2

they / talk / woman / who / live / Ross / building

They are talking about a woman who lives in Ross's building.



Sentence 3

Joey / think / she / like / Ross

Joey thinks (that) she likes Ross.



Sentence 4

Ross / tell / them / he / barely / know / her / but / she / once / lend / him / egg

Ross tells them (that) he barely knows her, but (that) she once lent him an egg.



Sentence 5

when / woman / say / hi / Ross / Ross / respond / awkward

When the woman says hi to Ross, Ross responds awkwardly.



Sentence 6

Joey / ask / waitress / egg / and / tell / Ross / return / egg / her

Joey asks [the/a] waitress for an egg and tells Ross to return the egg to her.



Sentence 7

Chandler / encourage / Ross / do / it

Chandler encourages Ross to do it.



Sentence 8

as / Ross / approach / woman / Chandler / admit / he / think / it / suicide

As Ross approaches the woman, Chandler admits (that) he thinks it is suicide.




Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instruções: Reproduza o clipe de áudio e tente repetir o que você ouve. Clique em "Show" para ver o texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Інструкції: Увімкніть аудіокліп і спробуйте повторити те, що чуєте. Натисніть "Show", щоб побачити текст.


Clip 1
0:00 / 0:00

I'm telling you Ross, she wants you.



Clip 2
0:00 / 0:00

(She) Barely knows me. We just live in the same building.



Clip 3
0:00 / 0:00

She lent me an egg once.



Clip 4
0:00 / 0:00

You've got to get back in the game here, okay?



Clip 5
0:00 / 0:00

I don't think we need a third.



Clip 6
0:00 / 0:00

Could we get an egg over here, still in the shell?



Clip 7
0:00 / 0:00

Yeah, you're going to go up to her and say,...



Clip 8
0:00 / 0:00

..."Here's your egg back, I'm returning your egg."



Clip 9
0:00 / 0:00

Go with the egg, my friend.



Clip 10
0:00 / 0:00

(Do you) Think it'll work?



Clip 11
0:00 / 0:00

No way. It's suicide. The man has got an egg.



Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión Обговорення


  1. What is Joey's plan?
  2. How do you think the woman will react to Ross returning the egg to her?
  3. If you were in Ross's shoes, what would you do?
  4. Do you think Joey's suggestion is a good way to start a conversation with someone you're interested in?
  5. Have you ever used a unique or clever method to start a conversation with someone? If so, what was it and was it effective? What happened?
  6. Has anyone ever used a cute or clever method to start a conversation with you? If so, what was it and was it effective? What happened?
  7. Do you know what a pickup line is? Do you know any pickup lines?
  8. Look at these pickup lines. [ Link ] Which ones do you like the most (or hate the least)?

Script 대본 Roteiro Guion Сценарій


Joey: I'm telling you Ross, she wants you.

Ross: She barely knows me. We just live in the same building.

Chandler: Any contact?

Ross: She lent me an egg once.

Joey: You're in!

Ross: Aw, right.

Woman: Hi, Ross.

Ross: Hey.

Chandler: Come on, Ross. You have got to get back in the game here, okay? The Rachel thing's not happening. Your ex-wife is a lesbian. I don't think we need a third.

Joey: Excuse me. Could we get an egg over here, still in the shell? Thanks.

Ross: An egg?

Joey: Yeah, you're going to go up to her and say, "Here's your egg back, I'm returning your egg."

Chandler: I think it's winning.

Ross: Come on. I think it's insane.

Chandler: She'll love it!

Joey: Thank you.

Chandler: Thank you. Here.

Chandler: Go with the egg, my friend.

Joey: Go go go go go.

Joey: Think it'll work?

Chandler: No. It's suicide. The man's got an egg.