Transcript
PHOEBE: Um, Chandler, Ross, this is
Robert.
CHANDLER: Oh, hey.
ROBERT: Hi.
ROSS: Hey.
PHOEBE: You have lipstickA right here
(points to her cheek). That’s okay, it’s
mineI, we just kissed1.
ROSS: Oh.
CHANDLER: (to Robert) So ah, isn’t2 a
bit cold outB for shorts?
ROBERT: Well, I’m from California.
CHANDLER: Right, right. Sometimes
you guys just burstC into flamesDII.
CHANDLER: I’m up! I’m up, I’ve gotten
up now! Anybody ah, want anything3? H. write something down: we add the
PHOEBE: I’ll have coffee.
ROBERT: Yeah, me too.
ROSS: Yeah, make that three.
CHANDLER: Okay Ross, why don’t you
come with me4? 2. so isn’t it...: s
ROSS: Okay. What ah, what is the mat-
ter with youE5? What’s going onF?
CHANDLER: Robert’s coming outIII.
ROSS: What, what do you mean, what?
Is he gay6?
Vocabulary
A. lipstick: makeup used to make lips lipstick
more attractive, typically red.
B. a bit cold out: ‘out’ is commonly
used when talking about the climate
to say outside >> it’s really warm out
today.
C. burst: to explode, for something to
suddenly happen >> the kids burst out
laughing.
D. flame: the visual red light of fire.
flames
Note: burst into flames is often used
when talking about a fire starting.
E. what’s the matter with you? = why
are you acting so strange?
F. what’s going on? = what is happen-
ing? / What is the problem?
G. hold on = wait a moment
preposition ‘down’ when talking about write down
taking notes on a piece of paper.
Pronunciation
1. we just kissed:
we-jus-kist
another
so-wiz-in-id expression is to
‘jot something
3. anybody want anything?: down’
wan-nee-thinˌ
4. why don’t you come with me?:
wine-cha come wi-thme?
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CHANDLER: No. He.....he’s coming out
of his shorts7. 5. what’s the matter with you?: coming out
wha-diz-tha-madder with you? (of the closet)
ROSS: What?! ˌ
6. Is he gay?:
zee-gay?
CHANDLER: The man is showing
brainIV. 7. he’s coming out of his shorts:
heez-comin-oww-dov-hiz
ROSS: Are you sure? Hold onG...I’m sor-
ry you guys, that was a coffee and a.... 8. what do we do?:
wadda-we do?
ROBERT: Coffee.
References
ROSS: Okay.
I. that’s ok, it’s mine: Phoebe mentions eclipse
that it is her lipstick so the guys won’t
ROBERT: We could write it downH for
think that Robert has been kissing an-
you?
other woman.
ROSS: No, no, that won’t be ah, that
II. burst into flame: Chandler is joking
won’t be necessary.
here because he thinks it’s strange that
Robert thinks he’s different just because
CHANDLER: Well?
he is from California.
ROSS: Yeah, yeah, yeah!
III. coming out: ‘coming out of the
closet’ is a term to say when someone
CHANDLER: What do we do? What do
expresses they are gay for the first time.
we do8?
IV. showing brain: Chandler is using
ROSS: Well, I suppose we just try to not
this term to explain that Robert’s testi-
look directly at it.
cles are visible, the joke is that a brain
looks similar to testicle skin. (not com-
CHANDLER: Like an eclipseV.
mon)

V. like an eclipse: as children we are

told to never look directly into an
eclipse because it can damage your
eyes. The guys feel the same way about
Roberts genitals.