Universidad Manuela Beltrán – Centro de Idiomas – Initial English

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carefully to make the
best of your scene.

1. All scenes are modified according to the number of students. There

are some extra scenes that can be included or not, depending on the
number of members in each group.
2. Read everything very well, specially punctuation and the words in
brackets or parenthesis to follow some indications. These indications
along with punctuation will make your scene look better.
Example: ( [He goes to the kitchen, crying]. / [Maria is sitting down waiting for
instructions] / BOB. Hi my name is Bob, nice to meet you.)
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word please follow these steps:
a. Highlight the word with a marker or a pen.  Then look it up on the
recommended tools from the webpage or in a physical dictionary.
b. Ask your teacher about any word you do not understand.
c. Avoid translating expressions and words, this is not a good way for
learning and understanding your lines.
d. Focus on pronunciation, comprehension and fluency. Work in both
ways individually and in group, this will help you succeed and enjoy even
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Universidad Manuela Beltrán – Centro de Idiomas – Initial English

 FRIENDS
SCENE ONE: -CENTRAL PERK-

(Phoebe is sitting by herself at “Central Perk” and Gunther is watching her from the counter. He
approaches Phoebe.)

GUNTHER
Can I get you anything?

(Phoebe looks away and pretends Gunther is not there)

GUNTHER
(Touching Phoebe’s shoulder)
I asked you if you need something.

PHOEBE
World peace, please?

GUNTHER
It’s been an hour since you got here and I have other customers waiting.

PHOEBE
Good for you! bye.
(Waves Gunther Good bye)

GUNTHER
(Looking at the camera gesturing annoyance)
If you’re not having anything I have no choice but to ask you to leave.

PHOEBE
This is not fair, This is a free country and I have the right to have coffee wherever I want, no matter
how bad it tastes; seriously, it’s like a big mug of tar.

GUNTHER
If you don’t like our coffee, why do you keep coming?

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 PHOEBE
I like this bar: it’s so cosy and it’s open before five.

GUNTHER
(FLIPPED OUT) this is not a bar; for god sakes, it’s a coffee shop!

(Joey arrives at the scene and apologizes to Gunther)

JOEY
Sorry I took so long.
(To Gunther)
I’m sorry I left her here waiting, hope she didn’t bother you; you know she’s a piece of work.

GUNTHER
(Looks at Phoebe with anger)
Yeah, she’s a piece of something.
(End of the scene)

SCENE 2: -CENTRAL PERK-

(Some friends are talking and sharing different stories sitting around a couch in the “Central Perk”.
Monica is the one who starts talking about a person she has been dating.)
.

MONICA
There's nothing to tell! He's just some guy I work with!



JOEY
C'mon, you're going out with the 1. (________)! There's gotta be something wrong with him!



CHANDLER
All right Joey, be nice. So does he have a hump? A hump and a hairpiece?



PHOEBE
Wait, does he eat chalk?
(The others stare confused)

PHOEBE
Just, 'cause, I don't want her to go through what I went through with Carl- oh!




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 MONICA
Okay, everybody relax. This is not even a date. It's just two people going out to 2. (________) and- not
having 3. (_________)



CHANDLER
Sounds like a date to me.

(The scene comes to an end)

SCENE 3: -CENTRAL PERK-

(Chandler tells everyone the story behind his dream)


CHANDLER
Alright, so I'm back in 4. (_________), I'm standing in the middle of the 5. (_________), and I realize I
am totally naked.



EVERYBODY
Oh, yeah. Had that dream.

CHANDLER
Then I look down, and I realise there's a 6. (________)... there.


JOEY
Instead of...?


CHANDLER:
That's right.



JOEY
Never had that dream.

PHOEBE
No.



CHANDLER
All of a sudden, the phone starts to ring. Now, I don’t know what to do, everybody starts looking at me,
finally, I figure: I better answer it and it turns out it's my mother, which is very 7. (_______), because-
she never calls me!

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 (End of the scene)
SCENE 4 –CENTRAL PERK-:
(Ross is very depressed since he has been recently divorced. Then Rachel comes to scene and finds her
friend Monica at “THE CENTRAL PERK”, who she has not seen in a long time.)

ROSS
Hi.

JOEY
This guy says 8. (_______), I wanna kill myself.


MONICA
Are you okay, sweetie?


ROSS
I just feel like someone reached down my throat, grabbed my small intestine, pulled it out of my mouth
and tied it around my neck...



CHANDLER
9. (________)?


(Explaining to the others)


MONICA
Carol moved her stuff out today.

EVERYBODY
uh!

MONICA
(TO ROSS) let me get you some 10. (_______).



PHOEBE
Ooh! Oh!
(Starts to pluck at the air just in front of Ross)



ROSS
No, no don't! Stop cleansing my aura! No, just leave my aura alone, okay?
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 PHOEBE
Fine. Be murky.

ROSS
I'll be fine, alright? Really, everyone. I hope she'll be very 11. (_______).



MONICA
No you don't.



ROSS
(Emphatic)
No I don't, to hell with her, she left me!

JOEY
And you never knew she was a lesbian…


ROSS
No! Okay?! Why does everyone keep fixating on that? She didn't know, how should I know?


CHANDLER
Sometimes I wish I was a lesbian...

(The others stare at him)

CHANDLER
Did I say that out loud?



JOEY
Alright Ross, look. You're feeling a lot of pain right now. You're 12. (______). You're hurting. Can I tell
you what the answer is?


(Ross gestures his consent)



JOEY
Strip joints! C'mon, you're 13. (_______)! Have some hormones!


ROSS
I don't want to be single okay? I just... I just- I just wanna be married again!
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(Rachel enters in a wet wedding dress. she starts to search around the room)

CHANDLER
(Extends his hand hopefully)
And I just want a million dollars!

MONICA
Rachel?!

RACHEL
Oh God Monica hi! Thank god! I just went to your building and you weren't there and then this guy
with a big hammer said you might be here and you are, you are!



WAITRESS
Can I get you some coffee?



MONICA
(Pointing at Rachel)
Decaf¡¡
(Taking Rachel by the arm and introducing her to the rest).

Okay, everybody, this is Rachel, another Lincoln High survivor. (TO RACHEL) This is everybody, this
is Chandler, and Phoebe, and Joey, and- you remember my brother Ross? 



RACHEL
Sure! Hi.


(They go to hug but Ross' umbrella opens. he sits, defeated again)

ROSS
Hi.
(A moment of silence as Rachel sits; the others expect her to explain)

MONICA
So you wanna tell us now, or are we waiting for four wet bridesmaids?



RACHEL
Oh God... well, it started about a half hour before the 14. (___________) I was in this room where we
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 were keeping all the presents, and I was looking at this gravy boat. This really, gorgeous Laumage,
gravy boat.
(To waitress, who has brought her coffee)
Sweet 'n' Lo? –
(Continues with the story)
I realized that I was more turned on by this gravy boat than by Barry! And then I got really freaked
out, and that's when it hit me: how much Barry looks like Mr. 15.(__________). Y' know, I mean, he
always looked familiar, but... Anyway, I just had to get out of there, and I started wondering 'why am I
doing this, and who am I doing this for?’
(To Monica)
I didn’t know where to go and I now you and I have drifted apart… but you're the only person I knew
who lived here in the city.



MONICA
Who wasn't invited to the wedding?



RACHEL
Ooh, I was kinda hoping that wouldn't be an issue…

(End of the scene).

Universidad Manuela Beltrán – Centro de Idiomas – Initial English

 ACTIVITIES
A. Guidelines for missing words: please fill the blanks reading these easy guidelines, ask for help
to your classmates or teacher.

1. (Noun)An alternative word referring to a man or a boy.

2. (Noun)The last of the meals in a day.
3. (Noun)Sexual intercourse.
4. (Noun)Normally this period at school comes after primary school
5. (Noun)A place where you can get coffee, biscuits, cookies, among other things to eat or drink.
6. (Noun)It is used to make calls and receive them, there are mobiles and land ones.
7. (Noun)Synonym of “strange”
8. (Interj / Noun)Some greeting, similar to “Hi”, good morning…
9. (Noun)A kind of food that kids normally eat, popular brands of it: Tosh, Oreo, Club social.
10. (Noun)A very popular drink. In Colombia there is a place (* Juan Valdez) where they sell many
kinds of it.
11. (Noun)It is a feeling that comes when people are pleased, glad, and joyful. People normally smile.
12. (Noun)It is a feeling in which people feel upset, irritated, bothered.
13. (Noun) Marital status, when a person is not married; the contrary of it.
14. (Noun)An event where you get married or you witness a marriage.
15. (Noun)You can eat them fried, mashed, boiled, they are delicious and popular. They are also called
“chips”.

B. Wordlist: the following words are underlined in the text, please look up their meaning in the
dictionary and do a list of words and their meanings. 

1. Guy 9. Go through
2. C’mon 10. Date
3. Gotta 11. Naked
4. Wrong 12. Instead
5. Hump 13. Realized
6. Hairpiece 14. Turn out.
7. Chalk 15. Wanna
8. ‘Cause 16. Reach
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17. Throat 24. Turned on
18. Fixating 25. Freaked out
19. Strip joint 26. Hit
20. Hammer 27. Wondering
21. Might 28. Drifted
22. Bridesmaids 29. Kinda

23. Gravy

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