FRIENDS

1st Episode

Before watching

What was/is the best wedding gift someone could give you?

What do you think would be the weirdest wedding gift you could give or be asked for?

Characters: Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler, Ross, Joey.

While - After watching.

How do they react when Phoebe tells them what Frank Jr and Alice asked for? What facts do they
give?

What does Phoebe’s birth mum think about the situation? What does she do to make Phoebe
understand?

What would you do if you were in Phoebe’s shoes?

Artificial insemination: Ethical considerations of sperm donation:

- mother-child relationship
- Commercial/ Paid surrogacy

Vocabulary

- Birth/ Upbringing/Surrogate or genetic/Foster/Adoptive Parents

- Sperm donor

In this episode, Joey is angry with Ross because he realizes they can’t be friends at work because
scientists and tour guides don’t mix. What does each of the groups wear? What’s the implication?
- White/blue collar workers

2nd Episode:

Are you a morning person?

What irritates you?
Do you snack when you cook?
Are you a poor loser?

Vocabulary
To peeve: annoy, irritate. Ex: She’s constantly peeved by his habits of humming show tunes while
she’s trying to focus on her work.
The bejesus( intensifier): Ex: The bear scared the bejesus out of us=the devil out of us.
To snack: picotear.
Fork it over, cough it up/pay the piper (slang): Ex: You’ve got the money you owned me, so fork it
over/cough it up! He who pays the piper calls the tune.

TOP 5 MOST ANNOYING OFFICE HABITS

+ Grumpy or moody colleagues(37%) + Too much health and safety in the workplace (16%)
+ Slow computers (36%) + Poor toilet etiquette (16%)
+ Gossip (19%) + People not turning up for meetings on time (16%)
+ Use of office jargon (18%) + People not cleaning up after using kitchen (15%)
+ People speaking loudly on the phone (18%) + Too cold/hot air-conditioning (15%)
1,836 people surveyed, Opinium Research Agency, London

3rd Episode:
American vs British English Quiz
 Vocabulary: We went on a two-month vacation last month.
Why is there so much trash in here?
Excuse me, where is the restroom?
Shall we take the elevator?
My favourite season is fall.
I need a new pair of pants.
 Spelling: Color
Center
Realize
(British spelling is closest to the Middle English form of the word, whereas the American
spelling is closest to its Latin ancestor)
 Pronunciation: /r/ is pronounced
Word stress: advertisement – advertisement
details – details
 Grammar:
- In both varieties, the following sentence is considered correct: She’s lost her purse. Can
you help her look for it? However, in which dialect is the following also accepted: She lost
her purse. Can you help her look for it?
- In which of the two dialects, is ‘have got’ the preferred form?
- In British English the past participle of the verb ‘get’ is ‘got’, while in American English is
‘gotten’: He has got a prize. vs He has gotten a prize.

4th Episode:
Fonzie (Arthur Herbie Fonzarelli)
Dating
 Qualities of a partner
 Would you tell if you cheated?
 First dates/Funny dates
  Dating on the internet

Vocabulary
When referring to his and Monica’s relationship, Chandler uses the term ‘goof around’. Goof
around is ‘to spend time doing things that are not serious or useful: The kids are watching tv,
chating, just goofing around’.

To have/go on a date
To Ditch/Dump/Jilt/Get rid of
To Flirt with

Here are some idiomatic phrases related to dating, can you try to guess their meaning from the
examples?
To go dutch: While many of us are more than happy to go dutch on a date, a shocking 14 per cent
of men admitted to never paying when out with a lady.
To be stood up: I waited for him for an hour, but he stood me up.
To play hard to get: Why play hard to get when you can be hard to get? If you have an involving
job, friendships and personal goals you'll be busy - you won't be available.
To feed someone a line: I would generally not feed someone a line and so when I say something I
mean it.

In this episode Joey has kidney stones and he is hospitalised. Have you ever been hospitalised?
Have you ever had an operation?
Vocabulary
To undergo surgery: appendicitis, tendon fissure, hernia, etc.
To be committed to/institutionalised: 'It was agreed that with a view to strengthen and institutionalise
the mechanism for maintaining financial stability and development, the central government will set up the
apex council,'
‘After being found guilty, he was committed to prison’.

Exercises
1)- Use some of the words from the box to complete the texts.
operation – anaesthetic – anaesthetist carry on – come around have -
be
patient – nurse – surgeon – ward – theatre on –
for
PEOPLE
A _______________ operates ____________ somebody. The _______________ is the person
who’s going to ______________ an operation. People are put to sleep for the operation by the
____________. Later they ______________ from the ______________.

PLACES
The room where they _____________ an operation is called an operating _____________. After
an operation, people recover in a(n) ______________.

Note:
Verb Noun Look at this two sentence patterns:
operate operation - The doctor treated my brother for mumps.
treat treatment - The doctor treated my sore throat with antibiotics.

2)- a- Divide the following into medical problems and remedies. In each case note down whether
the word is usually countable or uncountable.
cold – bandage – cough – flu – medicine – measles – cream – pill sunburn – appendicitis – tablet
– operation – plaster

b- Now use suitable words from the box to complete the following.
We had a busy day at the surgery yesterday. Among other things, we had a man with a bad case of
_____________ after working outside. I treated him with some ______________ on his back
immediately to relieve the pain and told him to be more careful in the future. Then we had a
woman with suspected _______________, which would clearly need a(n) ______________, so she
went off to hospital in an ambulance. The next patient was a small boy covered in spots who
obviously had ______________, then another with nothing more than a tickly _______________
which was easily treatable with a prescription for some _______________. Finally, one of our
regulars came in to have a new ________________ put around his leg.

In addition to treatments involving chemicals and operations there are many alternative therapies,
often practised by people with special training but not orthodox medical qualifications: herbalism,
hydrotherapy, aromatherapy, homeopathy, acupuncture, massage, osteopathy, for example.

3)- Choose the correct prepositions from the box to complete the expressions about being ill in the
following passage.
for – with – off – from – over – down – out
I had never taken much care of my health but I had noticed that I always seemed to be going
______________ with something or other. This meant that I often needed to take time
______________ work – if I wasn’t actually in bed _______________ flu then I’d be just getting
______________ a sore throat or a nasty cold. As if that wasn’t enough, I also suffered
______________ frequent migraines and dizzy spells. When I passed _______________ at work, a
colleague recommended that I should see a homeopath. I was doubtful at first, but in the end I
made an appointment. After a long consultation, which covered not only my symptoms, but my
entire lifestyle, the homeopath prescribed a remedy ________________ my migraines and gave
me a lot of advice about listening to what my body was telling me. That was six months ago. The
improvement had been gradual, but I haven’t missed a day’s work for the last four months and I
feel fitter than I’ve ever been.