if you're a fan of friends you know that
Joey is an actor and that he has
experience working in soap operas do you
know what a soap opera is well we'll
learn that and so much more in today's
scene where Joey goes to an Adult School
to teach other actors all about how to
work in this type of TV show let's check
it out
[Music]
guess what I got a gig
[Applause]
it's not a part no I'm teaching acting
for soap operas down as a learning
extension come on yeah it's like it's
like my chance to give something back to
the acting community
you know you're probably not allowed to
sleep with any of your students
I know
[Music]
oh
how was teaching last night oh it was
great yeah you get to say stuff like hey
the Bell doesn't dismiss you I dismiss
you
I got an audition for all my children oh
yeah yeah it's this great pot this boxer
named Nick I'm so so right for it you
know he's just like me except but he's a
boxer and and has an evil twin
[Music]
hey
guess what I got a gig guess what is it
a formal expression use before you give
someone very good news or tell them
something that they will be very excited
about
all right I know it's last-minute but
we've decided to have a Halloween party
in the entertainment industry a gig
normally refers to an opportunity to
work and perform in a live production or
in a movie for example if you're an
actor or musician
where's Mike oh he has a gig it's kind
of like being married to a rock star you
know my husband has a gig
yeah where where is it oh he's playing
Oregon or a children's rollerskating
party
rock on
in this case Joey is actually referring
to a temporary job opportunity as a gig
guess what I got a gig did you notice
how joy pronounces the word got and a
together I
got a gig I got a gig in American
English when we have a tea sound between
two valves it becomes a tap tea sound
which sounds similar to a D or the R
sound in Latin languages like Spanish
Portuguese and Italian for example I
will say each of these twice once with a
normal T sound and once with the
American tap t sound matter matter
cottage cottage
community community
also this can happen if a word ends in a
t sound and the following word begins
with a vowel sound because of connected
speech
man I can't believe I locked myself out
again
[Music]
what I do
is that why you bought all this stuff I
cut a hole in my pocket
what
music they cannot get any worse there
are rats in the basement that are
hanging themselves
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in this case the word part refers to a
character in a film play or show they'll
be performed by an actor or actress
you can also refer to it as a role wait
wait then after I left her office she
caught up with me at the elevator and
off of me an even bigger part so so you
are now looking at dr. drake ramoray's
neurosurg recovering in at least
it's not a part no I'm teaching acting
for soap operas down as a learning
extension a soap opera is a drama series
that is shown on TV every day and the
covers the events of the same group of
characters typically with an overly
dramatic or sentimental tone in the case
of this scene Joey is not just teaching
acting in general but specifically
acting for soap operas which is a very
specific type of work inside the acting
industry I'm teaching acting for soap
operas down as a learning extension
it's like it's like my chance to give
something back to the acting community
here he's talking about figuratively
giving something back to the acting
community that is to do something in
return for all the favours and things
he's received until now as an actor
although Joey is probably getting paid
for this work this collocation is
normally used for acts done as charity
often by donating money or volunteering
example I'd like to give back to my
community by working with other
volunteers to clean up our local parks
it's like my chance to give something
back to the acting community
you know you're probably not allowed to
sleep with any of your students the
humor and what Ross says is that he
knows that joy does not care very much
about doing charitable work and
therefore probably has other intentions
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our new lessons oh
I was teaching last night oh it was
great yeah you get to say stuff like hey
the Bell doesn't dismiss you I dismiss
you as Joey said if you get to do
something you have the right to do
something
great knows I was able to get you and
one guest tickets to your premiere one
guest you told me I could have six
tickets well I sold four of them on eBay
oh
my god so that's it I only get to bring
one guest yeah yeah you get to say stuff
like hey the Bell doesn't dismiss you I
dismiss you he means that as a teacher
he has the opportunity to say a phrase
like the Bell doesn't dismiss you I
dismiss you to dismiss is to order or
allow somebody to leave for example if
you are at a meeting and the boss
dismisses somebody that means they
should now leave that meeting or in a
more extreme interpretation if somebody
is dismissed from their job that means
they were ordered to leave it they were
fired
daniel chama-lee-on
do you mean chameleon
Betty I'm pretty sure it's pronounced
chamaeleon
that's dismissed no moment for a while
yeah you get to say stuff like a the
Bell doesn't dismiss you I dismiss you
in the scene Joey sing a sentence that
you could hear from a teacher at a
normal school when the bell rings and
the students get up as if they had all
been dismissed from class so the teacher
would go on and order the students to
stay seated as the bell does not dismiss
them the teacher dismisses them
all my children is a very popular
American soap opera that aired from 1970
to 2011 an audition is like an interview
for a particular job typically done by
actors dancers and musicians consisting
of a practical demonstration of the
candidates ability to perform actors
normally have to act a short scene of
the movie or show they are auditioning
for so they can be judged and selected
by the producers of the show it's just
great hot just box her name Nick I'm so
so right for it you know a boxer is a
fighter in the sport of boxing
Joey says that he's so right for it so
he believes that he is the ideal actor
to play this character he's the right
person for the job he's just like me
except but he's a boxer and has an evil
twin twins refer to two people who are
born to the same mother on the same
occasion that is the same birth joey is
saying that the character nicked the
boxer has a twin who is evil which is a
stereotypical role in soap operas
okay some tricks of the trade now I've
never been able to cry as an actor so if
I'm in a scene where I have to cry I cut
a hole in my pocket take a pair of
tweezers and just start pulling
or or let's say I want to convey that
I've just done something evil well that
would be your basic I've got a fishhook
in my eyebrow and I like
okay let's say I've just gotten bad news
but all I do there is try and divide 232
by 13
[Applause]
and that's how it's done great soap
opera acting tonight everybody class
dismissed
hey mr. trib hey guess what I got an
audition oh one of my students got an
audition I'm so proud I
was wondering if you would consider
coaching me for it are you bet what's
the part oh it's great it's a role in
all my children Nick the boxer
okay some tricks of the trade a trick of
the trade is an informal expression that
refers to a clever method or idea used
by people who are experienced in a
particular type of work or activity for
example magazines often improve
photographs before they print them it's
one of the tricks of the trade to sell
more joey will now teach his students a
few smart tricks or methods for acting
in soap operas if I'm in a scene where I
have to cry I cut a hole in my pocket
take a pair of tweezers and just start
pulling tweezers are a small piece of
equipment made of too narrow strips of
metal joined at one end it is used to
pull out hairs or to pick up small
objects by pressing the two strips of
metal together with the fingers in this
funny explanation joey is teaching his
students a technique for crying where
you would cut a hole in your pocket like
this take a pair of tweezers and start
pulling out hairs that would probably
cause a lot of pain and you would
immediately start crying or let's say I
want to convey that I've just done
something evil to convey is to express a
thought feeling or idea so that is
understood by other people example
sometimes an image can convey what a
thousand words can't so Joey here will
teach how to act and express the idea
that you have done something bad to
other people or let's say I want to
convey that I've just done something
evil well that would be your basic I've
got a fishhook in my eyebrow and I like
a
fishhook is a piece of metal or other
material curved back at an angle like in
the picture normally used for catching
fish eyebrows are the curved areas of
hair on your face above each of your
eyes here Joey explains that he caused
this technique the I've got a fishhook
in my eyebrow and I like it and he uses
it for conveying that he has done
something evil he has named it like that
because the facial expression he makes
consists of raising one eyebrow as if it
was being pulled up by a fishhook while
smiling at the same time let's say I've
just gotten bad news but all I do there
is try and divide 232 by 13
here he explains this other technique
which is used for making a facial
expression that conveys the emotions of
shock and surprise as if you had
received bad news the idea is that you
would try and do a difficult
mathematical operation in your mind like
trying to divide 232 by 13 by doing so
your face would probably express
confusion and displeasure
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hey mr. trib hey guess what
if you are proud of somebody you feel
good about being responsible for
supporting somebody else when they are
successful here Joey says he's proud of
this student I
was wondering if you would consider
coaching me for it in a professional
context to coach somebody is to provide
training for a person or small group of
people and helping to prepare them for
something I was wondering if you would
consider coaching me for it are you bet
you bet is an informal way to
emphatically agree or say yes to
somebody
so yeah
great you sure it's okay yeah it's fine
hey can I borrow your sleep mask you bet
awesome
hey
guess what I got a gig
[Applause]
it's not a part know I'm teaching acting
for soap operas down as a learning
extension come on yeah it's like it's
like my chance to give something back to
the acting community
you know you're probably not allowed to
sleep with any of your students I
know oh
[Music]
how was teaching last night oh it was
great yeah you get to say stuff like hey
the Bell doesn't dismiss you I dismiss
you
I got an audition for all my children oh
yeah yeah it's this great part this
boxer named Nick and I'm so so right for
it you know he's just like me except but
he's a boxer and and has an evil twin
okay some tricks of the trade now I've
never been able to cry as an actor so if
I'm in a scene where I have to cry I cut
a hole of my pocket take a pair of
tweezers and
just start pulling
or or let's say I want to convey that
I've just done something evil
say I want to convey that I've just done
something evil well that would be your
basic I've got a fishhook in my eyebrow
and I like
okay let's say I've just gotten bad news
well all I do there is try and divide
232 by 13
[Applause]
and that's how it's done great soap
opera acting tonight everybody class
dismissed
hey mr. trib hey guess what I got an
audition oh one of my students got an
audition I'm so proud I
was wondering if you would consider
coaching me for it are you best what's
the part oh it's great it's a role in
all my children Nick the boxer
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