Learn English with Emily in Paris

#9. Sexy or Sexist


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Published: 6 Aug 2021   [ UPDATED MAY 2025 ]
Level 4   |   Time: 2:53
Accent: American, French

Emily creates a problem when she suggests that the commercial for a French perfume is sexist.


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.

  • ☐ ☐ ☐ J'adore. [FRENCH] - I love it.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ mon Dieu. [FRENCH] - My god!
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ merci [FRENCH] - thank you
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Balance ton porc. [FRENCH] - Out your pig. (#MeToo)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Voila! [FRENCH] - There it is!
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a shoot n. - a situation or place where filming is happening
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ shoot v. - record on film
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ elegant adj. - graceful and stylish
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a tagline n. - a catchphrase or slogan used in advertising
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ grab v. - get
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ objectify v. - lessen (degrade) the status of someone from a person to a thing
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ for social exp. - for social media (Twitter, Facebook)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ sexist adj. - showing prejudice or discrimination against women
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ admire v. - look at with respect
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ the male gaze n. - being looked at by men sexually
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ respond v. - react, have a reaction
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ translate v. - be understood
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ the States n. - the United States
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ out someone exp. - expose the bad things that someone does
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a pig n. - a man who doesn't respect women
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ #metoo exp. - a social movement against sexual abuse and sexual harassment
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a feminist n. - a person who believes women and men are equal
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ the morality police exp. - people judging others based on their own morals or ideas
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a compliment n. - say something nice about someone
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ It's open to interpretation. exp. - There is more than one side or opinion.

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



Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes Контекст


Emily from Emily in Paris Antoine from Emily in Paris Sylvie from Emily in Paris Luc from Emily in Paris
Emily Antoine Sylvie Luc
  • Emily is an American who has just moved to Paris.
  • Emily works for an American company (Gilbert Group) that just bought a French marketing company (Savoir).
  • Emily is in Paris to advise the people at Savoir.
  • Sylvie is the manager of Savoir.
  • Antoine is the owner of a perfume company called De L'Heure.
  • Savoir is doing marketing work for De L'Heure.

  • For more background, watch the previous video:   #8. Corporate Commandments

Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas Запитання


  1. Sylvie told Emily about the shoot.
    True
    False

  2. The model speaks French.
    True
    False

  3. The model is American.
    True
    False

  4. The model's dream of beauty is related to money and a rich lifestyle.
    True
    False

  5. The model is naked in the commercial.
    True
    False

  6. Sylvie thinks the commercial is sexist.
    True
    False

  7. Emily thinks the commercial is sexist.
    True
    False

  8. Emily thinks the commercial will be popular in the US.
    True
    False

  9. Sylvie is a feminist.
    True
    False

  10. Antoine is angry at Emily.
    True
    False

  11. Antoine thinks that the naked woman has power.
    True
    False

  12. Emily agrees with Antoine.
    True
    False

Score:



Vocabulary Review 어휘 검토 Revisão de vocabulário Vocabulario revisión Огляд лексики


Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

Instrucciones: ¿Qué expresiones del video tienen el mismo significado que las expresiones destacadas en las oraciones siguientes?

Instruções: Quais expressões do vídeo têm o mesmo significado que as expressões destacadas nas frases abaixo?

지시 사항: 아래 문장에서 강조된 표현과 같은 의미를 가진 표현을 영상에서 찾아보세요.

Інструкції: Які вирази з відео мають те саме значення, що й виділені вирази в реченнях нижче?


  1. Has Sylvie told you a little bit about the [ photo session ]?

    [ shoot ]



  2. Our [ slogan, catchphrase ] is "Dream of Beauty."

    [ tagline ]



  3. I'm just going to [ get ] some content for social.

    [ grab ]



  4. Excuse me. We are ready to [ take photographs ].

    [ shoot ]



  5. Tell me. What is wrong with the male [ stare, look ]?

    [ gaze ]



  6. The men are [ commodifying, dehumanizing ] her. They have the power.

    [ objectifying ]



  7. I'm worried it won't [ be effective, be understood ] in [ the USA ].

    [ translate ] [ the States ]



  8. In today's [ situation ], it could come off as politically incorrect.

    [ climate ]



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

Antoine / describe / *premise / commercial / Emily

Antoine describes the premise of the commercial to Emily.


* the premise: the main idea or concept



Sentence 2

commercial / follow / naked / woman / walk / across / bridge / while / man / stare / her

The commercial follows a naked woman (who is) walking across a bridge while men (stare/are staring) at her.



Sentence 3

Emily / interview / model / social

Emily interviews the model for social (media).



Sentence 4

Emily / not / expect / model / naked

Emily [didn't/doesn't] expect the model to be naked.



Sentence 5

Antoine / say / she / not / naked / because / she / wear / perfume

Antoine says (that) she is not naked because she is wearing (the) perfume.



Sentence 6

while / Antoine / think / commercial / sexy / Emily / think / it / sexist

While Antoine thinks (that) the commercial is sexy, Emily thinks (that) it is sexist.



Sentence 7

Emily / worry / commercial / will / offend / people / States / because / it / objectify / woman

Emily [worries/is worried] (that) the commercial will offend people in the (United) States because it objectifies women.



Sentence 8

when / Emily / *look / Sylvie / support / Sylvie / declare / she / not / feminist

When Emily looks to Sylvie for support, Sylvie declares (that) she is not a feminist.


* look to (s/o) for (s/t): want/expect (something) from (someone)



Sentence 9

Antoine / think / woman / power / because / she / naked / beautiful

Antoine thinks (that) the woman has (the) power because she is naked and beautiful.



Sentence 10

Emily / claim / she / just / want / protect / Antoine / brand

Emily claims (that) she just wants to protect Antoine's brand.



Sentence 11

Antoine / suggest / desire / sign / respect

Antoine suggests (that) desire is a sign of respect.



Listen & Repeat 듣고 따라하기 Ouça e repita Escuchar y repetir Слухайте і повторюйте


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
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Has Sylvie told you a little bit about the shoot?



Clip 2
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Well, I feel like I'm dreaming right now. This view is magical.



Clip 3
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I'm just going to grab some content for social.



Clip 4
0:00 / 0:00

I don't speak French.



Clip 5
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Do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions?



Clip 6
0:00 / 0:00

What do you think?



Clip 7
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Well, whose dream is it anyway — the men or the woman?



Clip 8
0:00 / 0:00

Oh mon Dieu.



Clip 9
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I don't think American women will respond to this.



Clip 10
0:00 / 0:00

The men are objectifying her. They have the power.



Clip 11
0:00 / 0:00

That's what they call it here.



Clip 12
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So you know what I mean, right?



Clip 13
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I'm a woman. I'm not a feminist.



Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión Обговорення


  1. Who do you agree with—Emily or Antoine? Is the commercial sexy or sexist? Why?
    You can see the full commercial [ here ] . Please note: There is some nudity.
  2. Antoine believes that people in France will like the commercial. Emily believes that Americans will not like it. How do you think people in your country would react to it?
  3. How do you feel about Antoine? Is he sexist? Is he just old-fashioned? If he were poor or ugly, would his ideas seem more offensive?
  4. What does feminism mean? Do you consider yourself a feminist?
  5. Sylvie says that she is not a feminist. Why do you think she says this?
  6. Antoine says that they "need to protect [themselves] from the morality police." What does he mean? Do you agree with him?
  7. What do you know about the #metoo movement? What is it called in your country? How do you feel about it?

Script 대본 Roteiro Guion Сценарій


Antoine: Has Sylvie told you a little bit about the shoot?

Emily: No, she hasn't.

Antoine: So, we follow this elegant young woman walking to work, and as she crosses the bridge, she becomes every man's fantasy and desire. Our tagline is "Dream of Beauty."

Emily: Well, I feel like I'm dreaming right now. This view is magical.

Emily: Um, I'm just going to grab some content for social.

Emily: Uh, bonjour. Je suis Emily from Savoir.

Model: I don't speak French.

Emily: Me either. Um, okay, good. Do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions? Okay. Where are you from?

Model: Serbia.

Emily: And what is your dream of beauty?

Model: Private jet.

Emily: Okay.

Photographer: Excuse me. We are ready to shoot.

Model: No pictures.


Director: Cut!

Antoine: What do you think?

Sylvie: J'adore.

Antoine: Emily?

Emily: Uh, well, I didn't, uh, expect her to be naked.

Antoine: She's not naked. She's wearing the perfume. It's very sexy, no?

Emily: Sexy or sexist?

Antoine: I don't understand. How is this sexist?

Emily: Well, whose dream is it anyway — the men('s) or the woman(’s)?

Antoine: It's her dream, of course. To be admired and desired by men.

Emily: But it's the male gaze.

Sylvie: Oh mon Dieu.

Antoine: Yes. The male gaze. Exactly.

Emily: I don't think American women will respond to this.

Antoine: What is the problem? Explain this to me. I'm interested.

Antoine: [Stop everything, please!]


Antoine: Merci. Tell me. What is wrong with the male gaze?

Emily: The men are objectifying her. They have the power.

Antoine: No, she has the power. Because she's beautiful and she's naked, which gives her more power.

Emily: I'm worried it won't translate in the States. In today's climate, it could come off as politically incorrect.

Antoine: "Politically incorrect"? Is this the Me Too?

Sylvie: "Balance ton porc."

Emily: Excuse me?

Sylvie: That's what they call it here: Out your pig.

Emily: So you know what I mean, right?

Sylvie: Chérie, I'm a woman. I'm not a feminist.

Emily: We just need to be sensitive to the way women are thinking now. I want to protect your brand.

Antoine: And we need to protect ourselves from the morality police. Desire does not mean lack of respect. In fact, quite the opposite. It is a sign of respect. There is no bigger compliment. I'm sure you've experienced this look of a desire from a man?

Emily: On occasion, yes.

Antoine: So, you agree. For her, it is a sexy dream.

Emily: It's open to interpretation.

Antoine: Voilà.

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