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english with a hilarious scene
from friends where joey kisses a man but
first
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with friends
[Music]
hey joey how'd the audition go
incredible i met the director this time
and you will never believe who it was
all right i'll give you one hint warren
beatty
oh wow yeah there's just one thing that
might be kind of a problem see
i uh i had to kiss this guy because he
was just so darn cute
no as part of the audition see i'm up
for the part of this guy who the main
guy
kisses well hey you're an actor i say
you just suck it up and you do it
or you just do i did do it i'm a
professional
so what's the problem see after the
scene mr beatty comes up to me and he
says
good actor bad kisser can you believe
that
me not a good kisser that's like
like mother teresa not a good mother
oh come on who cares what that guy
thinks you know what does warren beatty
know about kissing
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joey how's the audition going incredible
artists such as actors
singers dancers etc often have to
audition verb or go to auditions
to demonstrate their skills and try to
get the casting director
to hire them for a play movie show
etc i met the director this time and you
will never believe who it was
all right i'll give you one hint warren
beatty
a hint is a small piece of information
that helps you guess an answer
or do something more easily example i
can't figure out the correct answer give
me a hint
the humor here is that instead of giving
them a real hint for them to guess
he tells them the answer right away what
do you think
about what what are you kidding
okay i'll give you a hand i'll give you
i got glasses also if you
hint something you say it in an indirect
way
honey she keeps canceling on us take the
hint
i had to kiss this guy because he was
just so darn cute
in american english we often emphasize
words with the word damn
but if that's too damn difficult for you
then the least you could do is pretend
however in some context that can be
considered rude
so as an alternative we often say darn
example this game is darn difficult
because he was just so darn cute
no as part of the audition see i'm up
for the part of this guy who's the main
guy kisses
joey is up for the part that means he's
seriously being considered for the job
example the president is up for
re-election next year
oh it's a new tv show yeah i'm up for
the part of mack
machiavelli or mac who's up for puppets
a part or a role is the character an
actor will play
example emma watson played the role of
belle in beauty and the beast
well hey you're an actor i say you just
suck it up and you do it
or you just do it when you're faced with
a difficult situation
someone could tell something like you'll
just have to suck it up
this means you need to accept the
difficult situation and do it
so what so suck it up man it's a job
it's money hey
now it's a win-win no for me just suck
it up mom
i've done a lot for you over the years
however in this scene it is a funny
choice of expression
because although it is not sexual the
way ross says
suck it up and do it referring to
kissing another man gives it a sexual
connotation
which is why after he corrects himself
saying or you just do it
i did do it i'm a professional so what's
the problem see after the scene mr
beatty comes up to me and he says
good actor bad kisser c
is used as a discourse marker here and
it's used to help the other person see
your perspective
example see if we don't buy the tickets
now the price will go up
by the way discourse markers are an
important part of native fluency
you can learn all about them in this
lesson with emma watson
when you come up to someone you approach
and say something to that person
you can also say to walk up to someone
20 years ago i
was in this bar feeling just like you do
and this really nice guy
came up to talk to me come on who cares
what that guy thinks you know what does
warren beatty know about kissing
[Music]
hey what'd your agent say yep this kiss
thing is definitely a problem mr beatty
wants to see it again on monday
man i got to figure out what i'm doing
wrong man oh
okay uh when do you girls come over here
and kiss me
get it right hey come on i need your
help here
all right i'll do it i've kissed him
before i can do it again
see this huh this is a friend uh-huh
let's go
all right i've gone
okay
[Music]
good very good firm but tender i'd
recommend you to a friend
then i don't know what it is what's the
problem joy you know maybe you're just
not used to kissing men
you know maybe you just tensed up a
little bit maybe that's what you need to
work on
yeah that makes sense
over my dead body
and i'll be using his dead body as a
shield
hey who is your favorite character from
friends
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[Music]
hey what's your agent saying to the
untrained or inexperienced ear
what chandler says here would be
impossible to understand
this does not sound like what did your
agent say
rather hey what'd your agent say
we say what with an uh schwa
then often when we have a d followed by
a y in american english
like in did your it transforms into a
j sound did your becomes jur
listen again and repeat hey what's your
agent saying
hey what's your agent saying
[Music]
yep this kiss thing is definitely a
problem mr beatty wants to see it again
on monday
man i to figure out what i'm doing wrong
we often refer to a situation or
activity by saying a thing
after it example that whole yoga and
meditation thing has changed him
joey sees the kiss thing as a problem
and he needs to figure it out
this means he needs to find a solution
for something or develop an
understanding of something
example i can't figure out how to fix my
computer
all right i'll do it i've kissed him
before i can do it again
there are a few interesting things
happening in this utterance from the
point of view of phonetics
first listen how she says this i'll do
it
to say it like that don't overpronounce
the l
here you should make what's called a
dark l which is the type of l that's
after a vowel sound
it doesn't touch the roof of your mouth
practice with me
i'll do it i'll do it
i'll do it second she says
kissed him it's very common that we drop
the h in certain pronouns
such as him her or the th
in them here are some examples oh i'm
just over here with
ben i thought we'd say hi oh put him on
you keep him quiet maybe jangle some
keys in front of him
lastly phoebe reduces can to kin
she says i can do it again listen to the
whole utterance one more time and then
repeat
all right i'll do it i've kissed him
before i can do it again
all right i'll do it i've kissed him
before i can do it again
[Music]
see this huh this is a friend uh-huh
let's go
besides its usual meaning we can also
use let's go
to say let's do it
good very good firm but tender i'd
recommend you to a friend
tender means gentle mild or light not
rough
or heavy example a tender touch
this is also used to describe food that
is soft and easy to chew
we tenderize meat using this instrument
before cooking it so that it is not
chewy
you know maybe you're just not used to
kissing men you know maybe you just
tensed up a little bit
maybe that's what you need to work on
here we see two great phrasal verbs
if you tense up or are tensed
up in a certain situation you are
nervous anxious
or uneasy example he tensed up when he
saw his ex enter the room
then to work on something means to
actively try to improve something
it's okay i want to work on my speech
yeah that makes sense something that
makes sense is reasonable or logical
example his explanation
doesn't make sense we've done a fun
lesson with this expression on instagram
that includes the opposites
something doesn't make sense nonsense or
nonsensical
be sure to check it out at
reallife.english after you finish
watching this lesson
over my dead body
and i'll be using his dead body as a
shield the guys are not chomping at the
bit to help joey with the kiss thing
in other words they're not enthusiastic
or willing
at all in order to express this in a
very determined way
chandler says over my dead body no way
hayley it was my idea i'm taking this
realm
over my dead body then a shield is what
you see in this picture
[Music]
all right i've been feeling incredibly
guilty about this because i want to be a
good friend and damn it i am a good
friend so just just shut up and close
your eyes
you are a good friend of course the
audition was this morning and i didn't
get it
but that was a hell of a kiss rachel is
a very lucky girl
[Music]
ross ended up kissing joey because he
had a heavy conscience
he felt guilty either one of these
expressions mean to feel regret or
blame for something that you have done
example
i feel guilty for forgetting about her
birthday then we say
damn it to express irritation anger or
when something
doesn't go our way example dammit i lost
again
as we covered earlier darn is an
inoffensive alternative to dam
we can also say darn it instead of
dammit
of course the audition was this morning
and i didn't get it
but that was a hell of a kiss rachel is
a very lucky girl
we say a hell of a something to
intensify how good something is
example that was a hell of a game
alright so that's all for today but
before you go i wanted to remind you
that you can
master the scene and really improve your
english listening
by downloading the free pdf power lesson
now it's time to go beyond the classroom
and
live your english oh yeah
[Music]
hey joey how's the audition go
incredible i met the director this time
and you will never believe who it was
all right i'll give you one hint warren
beatty
oh wow yeah there's just one thing that
might be kind of a problem see
i uh i had to kiss this guy because he
was just so darn cute
no as part of the audition see i'm up
for the part of this guy who the main
guy
kisses well hey you're an actor i say
you just suck it up and you do it
[Music]
or you just do it i did do it i'm a
professional
so what's the problem see after the
scene mr beatty comes up to me and he
says
good actor bad kisser can you believe
that
me not a good kisser that's like
like mother teresa not a good mother
oh come on who cares what that guy
thinks you know what does warren beatty
know about kissing
[Music]
hey what'd your agent say yep this kiss
thing is definitely a problem mr beatty
wants to see it again on monday
man i got to figure out what i'm doing
wrong man oh
okay uh when do you girls come over here
and kiss me
get it right hey come on i need your
help here
all right i'll do it i've kissed him
before i can do it again
see this huh this is a friend uh-huh
let's go
i have gum okay
good very good firm but tender i'd
recommend you to a friend
then i don't know what it is what's the
problem joy you know maybe you're just
not used to kissing
men you know maybe you just tensed up a
little bit
[Music]
maybe that's what you need to work on
yeah that makes sense
over my dead body
and i'll be using his dead body as a
shield
all right i've been feeling incredibly
guilty about this because i want to be a
good friend and damn it i am a good
friend so
just just shut up and close your eyes
you are a good friend of course the
audition was this morning and i didn't
get it
but that was a hell of a kiss
[Music]
rachel is a very lucky girl beating the
beast
really if you think about it is like
four movies in one
it's an action movie we're making a live
action film
there's a huge amount of stunts and
there's wolf fighting and horse riding
and you know and guns and sword fights
and
all of that going on it's also a comedy
the comic timing of characters like
cogsworth and lumiere
and mrs potts um it's just
hysterical in my opinion um then on the
other hand it's a romance
it's a romantic drama so
and then it's a musical and