Learn English with Wednesday

#22. Sad Thing


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Published: 10.24.2025
Level 5   |   Time: 2:45
Accent: American

Enid tries to cheer up Thing after Wednesday forgets his birthday.


triangle Directions 목표 Direcciones Instruções


  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.

triangle Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario


  • ☐ ☐ ☐ get to (s/o) [phv] - annoy (someone), upset (someone)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ be built for fame [exp] - have the right personality to handle being famous
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a punching bag [n] - a bag to practice boxing [image] ESL Vocab - A punching bag
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a punching bag [n] - someone who gets blamed or criticized often
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a sparring glove [n] - a boxing glove that is used for practice [image] ESL Vocab - A sparring glove
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ belong [v] - feel comfortable, feel accepted
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a spot [n] - a place
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a package [n] - a box or parcel sent through the mail [image] ESL Vocab - A package
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a mugshot [n] - a police photo of someone’s face [image] ESL Vocab - A mugshot
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an alias [n] - a fake name
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ catchy [adj] - easy to remember
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a safe house [n] - a secret place for hiding
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a wet willy [n] - putting a wet finger in someone’s ear
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a wolf pack [n] - a group of wolves
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ inexcusable [adj] - too bad to be forgiven
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ make up for (s/t) [phv] - do something good to balance something bad
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a memory lapse [n] - forgetting something
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an antique [n] - a very old and valuable object
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a thumbscrew [n] - a tool once used to hurt people by crushing fingers [image] ESL Vocab - A thumbscrew
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Napoleonic era [exp] - the time of Napoleon (early 1800s)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ notorious [agj] - famous for something bad
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a torturer [n] - a person who hurts other people

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



triangle Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes


Thing Wednesday Enid
Thing Wednesday Enid
  • Enid and Wednesday are students at Nevermore Academy.
  • Wednesday is part of the Addams family.
  • Fester is Wednesday's uncle.
  • Thing is a hand, just a hand. He is Wednesday's helper.

triangle Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas


  1. Why is Thing outside?
    Wednesday sent him on a mission.
    He was spying on someone.
    Wednesday yelled at him.

  2. Why does Enid think that Wednesday is stressed?
    Because Wednesday has suddenly become popular.
    Because Wednesday's mother is at Nevermore.
    Because Wednesday has too much homework.

  3. How does Enid try to cheer up Thing?
    She offers to talk to Wednesday about him.
    She buys Thing an expensive gift.
    She gives Thing his own home.

  4. How does Thing deal with his saddness?
    He writes a letter to Fester.
    He starts drinking.
    He sleeps all day.

  5. Who is Fernando Fingertips?
    A famous hand magician
    Wednesday’s cousin
    Thing

  6. Who remembered Thing's birthday?
    The Addams Family
    Uncle Fester
    Wednesday
    Enid
    No one

  7. What is in the package that Thing received? ?
    A pair of gloves
    A piece of cake
    A picture
    A letter
    A pen

  8. What is Wednesday's excuse for forgetting Thing's birthday?
    She was attacked by a vampire.
    She has no excuse.
    She blames Enid.

  9. What does Wednesday offer to Thing?
    Letting him torture her
    A new hand cream
    A hand massage



triangle Vocabulary Review 어휘 검토 Revisão de vocabulário Vocabulario revisión


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.


  1. Man, the sudden popularity is really [ bothering ] her.

    [ getting to ]



  2. It's your [ police photo ] from the Normal, Illinois police department.

    [ mugshot ]



  3. Who's Fernando Fingertips? Your first [ pseudonym, fake name ]? Yeah, it is very [ memorable ].

    [ alias ] [ catchy ]



  4. I forgot your birthday, and that's [ unforgivable, unacceptable ].

    [ inexcusable ]



  5. I hope this [ compensates for ] my memory [ slip, mistake ].

    [ makes up for ] [ lapse ]



  6. It was designed by Anatole Deibler, France's most [ infamous ] torturer.

    [ notorious ]



triangle Sentence Building 문장 만들기 Construção de sentença Construcción de oraciones


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: Escribe oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de las palabras o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa tiempo 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



Sentence 1

Enid / find / Thing / outside / and / realize / Wednesday / yell / him


Enid finds Thing outside and realizes (that) Wednesday (has) yelled at him.



Sentence 2

she / think / Wednesday / new / popularity / get / her


She thinks (that) Wednesday’s new popularity is getting to her.



Sentence 3

Enid / comfort / Thing / by / tell / him / he / belong


Enid comforts Thing by telling him (that) he belongs.



Sentence 4

she / invite / him / join / wolf / pack / and / give / him / place / own


She invites him to join her wolf pack and gives him a place of his own.



Sentence 5

later / package / arrive / Thing / uncle / Fester


Later, a package arrives for Thing from Uncle Fester.



Sentence 6

while / Enid / read / letter / Thing / she / discover / it / birthday


While Enid is reading the letter [to/for] Thing, she discovers (that) it is his birthday.



Sentence 7

she / then / realize / Thing / sad / because / nobody / remember / birthday


She then realizes (that) Thing is sad because nobody remembered his birthday.



Sentence 8

when / Wednesday / arrive / she / apologize / and / give / Thing / antique / thumbscrew


When Wednesday arrives, she apologizes and gives Thing an antique thumbscrew.



Sentence 9

she / even / offer / be / first / vicitm


She even offers to be his first vicitm.



triangle Listen & Repeat 듣고 따라하기 Ouça e repita Escuchar y repetir


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: Reproduzca el clip de audio e intente repetir lo que escucha. Haga clic en "Mostrar" para ver el texto.

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


Clip 1

What are you doing out here?



Clip 2

Man, the sudden popularity is really getting to her.



Clip 3

I think some people just aren't built for fame.



Clip 4

I know how it feels to think you don't belong. But you do.



Clip 5

You know what you need? A place you can call your own.



Clip 6

How is that even... You know what? It doesn't matter.



Clip 7

It's your mugshot from the Normal, Illinois police department. There's a town called Normal?



Clip 8

Did the entire Addams family forget it was your birthday?



Clip 9

Why don't we take you out tonight to celebrate?



Clip 10

I forgot your birthday, and that's inexcusable.



Clip 11

I hope this makes up for my memory lapse.



Clip 12

I'm willing to be your first victim.



triangle Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión


  1. Enid claims that Wednesday isn't built for fame. Do you agree? Do you think you would handle fame well?
  2. Have you ever forgotten someone’s birthday? How did you make up for it?
  3. Has it happened to you? How did you react?
  4. What would be the perfect birthday gift for Thing?
  5. How does Enid show she cares about Thing? How does Wednesday show she cares about Thing? Which style do you prefer? Why?
  6. Thing starts drinking when he feels upset. How do you usually cope with (deal with) sadness?

triangle Script 대본 Roteiro Guion


Enid: Thing! What are you doing out here?

Enid: Wednesday yelled at you?

Enid: Man, the sudden popularity is really getting to her. I think some people just aren't built for fame.

Enid: And when you're stressed, relatives can be the easiest punching bags. Or in your case, sparring glove.

Enid: I know how it feels to think you don't belong. But you do.

Enid: You know what you need? A place you can call your own. And I've got the perfect spot.

Enid: Home sweet home, Thing. Welcome to the pack.


Enid: Thing? Have you been drinking? How is that even... You know what? It doesn't matter.

Enid: You've got a package.

Enid: It's your mugshot from the Normal, Illinois police department. There's a town called Normal?

Enid: Who's Fernando Fingertips? Your first alias? Yeah, it is very catchy.

Enid: "Found this while cleaning out an old safe house. Happy birthday to my buddy from another body. Snickers and wet willies, your partner in crime, Fester."

Enid: Thing! Is it your birthday?

Enid: No, Wednesday didn't tell me!

Enid: Did the entire Addams family forget it was your birthday?

Enid: I'm really sorry. You know what? You are an honorary member of the Wolf Pack. Why don't we take you out tonight to celebrate?


Wednesday: I forgot your birthday, and that's inexcusable. I hope this makes up for my memory lapse.

Wednesday: It's an antique thumbscrew. Napoleonic era. Designed by Anatole Deibler, France's most notorious torturer.

Wednesday: I'm willing to be your first victim.

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