ADV 4 – VIDEO CLASS – UNIT 7

Video: “Friends – Thanksgiving Flashbacks”

“The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow”

 Do you agree with the saying above?

 Watch an episode from the sitcom “Friends” in which the characters are talking about
some past “Thanksgiving incidents” and:

a. Take notes about the events mentioned (use the back side of this paper).

b. Try to guess the meaning of the following words / expressions:

DOA –
thong –
bumming out –
houseboy –
creep –
beg –
knapsack –
no room in the fridge –
mole cluster –
dude –
drool over –
turn you on –
dab –
wicker –
i didn’t mean to –
gear –
dork –
thick –
freak out –

c. Which of the events did you find the funniest? Why?

d. Have you ever been to similar situations? If so, tell your teacher about them. If
not, how would you feel in such situations?