as an English Learner you have probably
thought about or even taken advantage of
using Skype or its Apple counterpart
face time to practice your spoken
English with people from all around the
world in this funny scene for Modern
Family you will see how Claire uses
FaceTime to talk to her family you will
also learn tons of vocabulary and
expressions that natives use all the
time we've divided the scene into three
clips in the first one Claire who is
traveling calls her husband Phil to
check everything is okay at the house in
the second clip Claire starts to panic
when she finds out that Haley one of her
daughters is missing the third clip
shows the funny conclusion to the scene
so stay tuned until the end for some
laughs if you're new here you will first
watch each clip with subtitles in
English then we will teach you all the
most important vocabulary pronunciation
and cultural context before moving on to
the next clip finally you will test
everything you learn by watching all the
clips without subtitles and answering
some quiz questions what's the best
first-person-shooter about genetically
modified Space Marines hello honey have
you been playing your new little video
game all day I can't get in touch with
Haley I haven't talked to her since we
got in that fight she around I think she
slept at a friend's house a friend um oh
maybe Alex knows is she home nope I have
not seen her for hours does Haley know
an archer barge I'm on hi honey where
are you I'm in the kitchen
Alex when'd you get home I've been here
all day honey when I'm not home I need
you to be present and keep track of
everyone sounds good love you too Alex
do you know where Haley is what's the
best first-person-shooter about
genetically modified Space Marines halo
a first-person shooter is a type of
action game where the player shoots a
weapon it's called first-person because
you see the action from the player's
perspective as opposed to a third-person
shooter which you control from a
different view angle who is playing the
popular game halo some of the characters
in this game
genes which are soldiers in the United
States Army that serve on Navy ships who
uses this question as a humorous way to
answer the phone because halo sounds
like hello Clare is not happy to see
that Phil with playing video games when
he should be looking after the kids and
the house you can notice this in her
tone of voice and in her use of the word
little honey have you been playing your
new little video game all day sometimes
we say little to communicate that we
dislike something you are so lucky but I
have to go to work today or I would show
you scary I would win your little
contest you know know what you're up
against also she calls her husband honey
this is a common way to address each
other in a romantic relationship it is
however not so common among younger
people I can't get in touch with Haley I
haven't talked to her since we got in
that fight there are three different
ways you can use this verb to be in
touch to keep in touch and to get in
touch if you are in touch with someone
it means that you speak or write to
someone example we haven't seen each
other in three years but we're still in
touch through Facebook we can also use
keep in touch here as in I still keep in
touch with her when you use keep instead
of B it implies an effort to not lose
the habit of communication or fall out
of touch to get in touch means to speak
or write with someone especially after
you haven't spoken to them for a long
time he's talking to London did he get
in touch with Emily well no I'm not yet
he's calling everyone on her side of the
family hoping that someone will help him
get in touch with her clear and Hayley
got into a fight over household chores
specifically doing the dishes I asked
you to clean up the kitchen nine hours
ago when I left for work I come back and
it's the exact same S Plus pickles and
peanut butter play yes yes I can see
that honey you left
say by the way that's a funny response
from Claire considering one of the
things Haley refused to do is clean up
the kitchen because she had a lot on her
plate she's using an idiom here to have
a lot on one's plate which means to be
very busy
Claire makes a play on words and says
yeah you left them in the kitchen I
can't get in touch with Haley I haven't
talked to her since we got in that fight
she around
if you ask if someone is around you want
to know if they're in the same place as
you or where the person you're asking is
in this case Claire wants to know if
she's at home in her question she's
around she admits the is as it's
informal communication
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Alex when do you get home did you notice
that Phil here doesn't say when did you
get home but rather a shortened Alex
when do you get home when did is before
you some speakers sometimes will turn it
into a jiff sound let's see other
instances of reductions with did Beyonce
would you start working here where you
get all this sweet furniture in other
cases when it's not before you or a word
starting with why you could hear did
simply reduce to a sound cute where'd
that come from
hey guys what'd I miss what'd I miss
honey when I'm not home I need you to be
present and keep track of everyone she
asked him to be present which in this
case means to be involved to accompany
other people and focus on her needs you
don't want to lose her you gotta try a
little harder be more attentive to where
she is emotionally just be present yes
totally yeah
you just do me a favor and call your
sister if she's screening I'm not making
the cut why don't you just snip on her
Facebook page with your fake profile I
don't have a fake profile mom save it
Brody Kendall just logged in that trick
might have worked on Hayley but I know
that's a picture of chachi oh my god
what
please tell me that's some kind of
mistake where which paragraph it gets
your father now
dad mom needs you in the shower oh hey
mrs. D hey Dylan oh hi mr. d are you
with Haley in what way physically
romantically maritally no I'm at work I
have a career now hey can you hold this
phone for a second so you have no idea
where Haley is right now you mean
spiritually geographically can you
please stop spinning that time no my
boss says if I do he'll replace me with
one of those guys go back to where you
came from
you just do me a favor and call your
sister if she's screening I'm not making
the cut to screen your calls is to check
who is calling either by letting go to
voice mail or through caller ID example
I make sure to screen all of my calls to
avoid talking to telemarketers if you
make the cut you were selected for
something time before that he was making
a list of who's allowed in his tree for
it if he ever gets one still can't
believe I didn't make the cut example
there's a lot of competition for this
job I'm not sure if I can make the cut
so what Alex means basically is that if
Haley is intentionally not answering
calls from Claire she probably also
won't answer her calls do you want to
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don't you just snoop on her Facebook
page with your fake profile to snoop
means to look for private information
about someone or something much like
dogs snoop around to find a bone for
example pay attention to the
prepositions that this verb takes
Barney's taking her to Hawaii
Lily snoop to her stuff she snooped on
my phone read some of my emails that's
not cool emails are private so the first
time I leave you alone you snoop on me
you've never snooped her on my apartment
no come on think back it would really
help if you have
I don't have a fake profile mom save it
Brody Kendall just logged in when we say
save it we tell someone to stop talking
because what they'll say is not needed
or wanted
sometimes even because we know they're
lying in this case she doesn't need to
pretend she doesn't have a fake facebook
account to snoop on Hayley
because Alex already knows that's not
true
a similar expression is to save someone
the trouble I'm going into the city just
whoa I'm gone don't go snooping around
in our stuff I know you think we have a
sex tape hidden somewhere so I'll save
you the trouble we don't come by that
truck might have worked on Hayley but I
know that's a picture of chachi in
natural speech we usually reduce have to
up so might have becomes might of the
same happens with other auxiliary verbs
like might for example would should
could etc let's see some examples yeah I
would have laughed too we never should
have talked about this I couldn't say no
I coulda said no which is why you have
12 friends on Facebook chachi is a
character from the American series happy
days Alex is referring that the profile
picture of Claire's fake profile is
actually a picture of this character are
you with Hayley in what way physically
romantically maritally Hayley dated
Dillon several times anyone who watches
the series knows that Dillon is not very
smart
so when Claire asked him if he is with
Hayley he doesn't know what she means it
could be physically meaning that she is
there with him it could be romantically
because depending on the context if you
say you are with someone it could mean
that you're dating someone and because
Claire suspects Hayley has gotten
married she asks if he is with her
maritally this word comes from marital
which refers to marriage as you've seen
in the scene you can state your marital
status on facebook know I'm at work I
have a career now hey can you hold this
phone for a second
when we say that we have a career we
mean that we have a job that allows you
to improve your skills in a certain area
and grow professionally resulting in
making progress within an organization
or in a field of working and earning
more money what's funny here is that a
sign spinner is not a job that would
traditionally fit into what's considered
a career a final note on this work many
English learners mistakenly refer to
what they study at University as their
career however this would be called your
major example I majored in international
relations at the University of Colorado
by the way in the US it's common to see
people spinning signs in the street to
advertise a store product or service if
you search online you would find videos
of people showing amazing skills
spinning their signs
[Music]
my mom do you have Haley's iCloud
password yeah she gave it to me in a
little envelope with their diary key and
a list of things she's most afraid of
ooh try password I'm kind of glad that
didn't work wait I think I remember
telling her to use something people
wouldn't know about her like her
favorite literary character I'm Anne
what what was it
Snoopy Wow and that could be your new
nickname okay Find My iPhone Oh No
she's in Vegas are you serious oh hang
on I'm zooming in hold on hold on let me
see you I cannot come and oh god honey
she's in a wedding chapel
oh it's Hayley Hayley's fun hi mom hi
mom we have been trying to get in touch
with you all day I've been in bed oh
goodness I don't think we need to hear
of any illegals before I admit to
anything maybe you could be more
specific
hey you're home yeah I've been home all
day I've been sleeping so you can get
married married why would I get married
because you're pregnant with Andy's baby
because you changed your facebook status
to married and then we tracked her cell
phone to a wedding chapel in Vegas and
you ordered this book Wow
first of all it's called privacy google
at second I married a cronut
but last night my friend Andy and I we
went to go get cronuts and I said that
they were so amazing I wanted to marry
one so I posted it on Facebook as a joke
then I accidentally left my phone in
Andy's car which he drove to a friend's
wedding in Vegas and that book is for my
crazy boss because he's designing
maternity clothes and he wants to get
inside
I'm out you have Haley's iCloud password
yeah she gave it to me in a little
envelope with her diary can a list of
things she's most afraid of
oh try password I'm kind of glad that
didn't work
can you hear Alex's tone here she's
being sarcastic
she's basically joking that her sister
would never give her something that
personal however then she has an idea
that maybe Haley just used the word
password as her password because she
knows Haley is not very smart I mean
what what was it
snoopy Wow and that could be your new
nickname okay Snoopy is this cartoon
character the joke here is that because
she's snooping into her Facebook she
could be nicknamed Snoopy which is how
we describe a person who's interested in
finding out about a person's private
information oh hang on I'm zooming in
hold on hold on let me see you ready nah
hang on and hold on both mean wait
example hang on let me finish this phone
call and then I can help you this is to
zoom in and this is to zoom out honey
she did a wedding chapel a wedding
chapel is a building or room like a
small church where marriages are
regularly performed something that could
be feeding Claire's anguish in this
situation is that Las Vegas is
considered the marriage capital of the
world
many people go there to get married
because it's cheap and easy to acquire a
marriage license married why would I get
married other than the most common
usages of this word you can also use
wood especially as why wood when you
want to express that you are surprised
by someone else's actions because I ever
plan to kill us I bet you even see that
I'm just trying to lighten the mood you
feel a little under the weather I let
him stay on or is it just to embarrass
leave the house why would he be
embarrassed because dad tried to fix all
our problems and instead rode all our
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after you finish this video Wow
first of all it's called privacy google
it we sometimes say it's called when we
are being sarcastic or want to provide
an explanation because we have done
something you read my diary well yeah
I've I read it because I wanted to see
if you were on drugs it's called
parenting Claire is nobody gonna even
try to get a job I have a job Michael
yeah that's called supporting my husband
[Music]
I married a cronut but a cronut is a
pastry that combines the shape of a
doughnut and the dough of a croissant so
it tastes similar to a doughnut but is
light and fluffy like a croissant and
it's called cronut because that is the
union of the names croissant and Dona
[Music]
what's the best first-person-shooter
about genetically modified Space Marines
halo honey have you been playing your
new little video game all day I can't
get in touch with Haley I haven't talked
to her since we got in that fight
she around I think she slept at a
friend's house a friend um
oh maybe Alex knows is she home nope I
have not seen her for hours does Haley
know NRG barge I'm on hi honey where are
you I'm in the kitchen
Alex when do you get home I've been here
all day honey when I'm not home I need
you to be present and keep track of
everyone sounds good
love you too Alex do you know where
Haley is hey just do me a favor and call
your sister if she's screening I'm not
making the cut
[Music]
why don't you just nip on her Facebook
page with your fake profile I don't have
a fake profile mom save it Brody Kendall
just logged in that truck might have
worked on Hayley but I know that's a
picture of chachi oh my god what please
tell me that's some kind of mistake
where which paragraph it gets your
father now
dad mom needs ya hold on the shower oh
hey mrs. D hey Dylan oh hi mr. d are you
with Haley in what way physically
romantically maritally no I'm at work I
have a career now hey can you hold this
phone for a second
so you have no idea where Haley is right
now
you mean spiritually geographically can
you please stop spending that time no my
boss says if I do he'll replace me with
one of those guys go back to where you
came from
I'm al do you have Haley's iCloud
password yeah she gave it to me in a
little envelope with her diary key and a
list of things she's most afraid of ooh
try password I'm kind of glad that
didn't work wait I think I remember
telling her to use something people
wouldn't know about her like her
favorite literary character I'm in what
what was it Snoopy Wow and that could be
your new nickname okay Find My iPhone
oh no she's in Vegas are you serious oh
hang on I'm zooming in hold on hold on
let me see you I can not come on and oh
god honey she's in a wedding chapel
oh it's Haley Haley Scott hi mom hi mom
we have been trying to get in touch with
you all day I've been in bed oh goodness
I don't think we need to hear that
before I admit to anything maybe it
could be more specific
hey you're home yeah I've been home all
day I've been sleeping so you can get
married married why would I get married
because you're pregnant with Andy's baby
because you changed your facebook status
to married and then we tracked her cell
phone to a wedding chapel in Vegas and
you ordered this book Wow first of all
it's called privacy google at second I
married a cronut but last night my
friend Andy and I we went to go get
cronuts and I said that they were so
amazing I wanted to marry one so I
posted it on Facebook as a joke then I
accidentally left my phone in Andy's car
which he drove to a friend's wedding in
Vegas and that book is for my crazy boss
because he's designing maternity club
and he wants to get a boob job
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