Friends Season 1, Episode 1, S01E01 (Pilot) The One Where It All Began

Friends Season 1, Episode 1, S01E01 (Pilot)

 The One Where It All Began  

VOCABULARY

1.     There’s nothing to tell:  When friends are asking for information about a date, but the friend going on the date doesn’t want to say or reveal any information, they can say that.

2.     A hump and a hairpiece: a bump on a person’s back, like on The Hunchback of Notre Dame’s back, and a hairpiece is a wig.  

3.     Aura:  The area of air around a person where one can see another’s natural energy.

4.     To Fixate: To concentrate, consume, preoccupy on/with something.

5.     Limoges gravy boat: A metal container used to pour gravy.

6.     Sweet And Low: A company that produces imitation sugar.

7.     To freak out: To act a little crazy for a moment

8.     Then it hit me: I realised.

9.     Mr. Potato Head:  A children’s toy where you attach different facial parts to a brown object that looks like a potato.

10. To drift apart: To lose touch.  To lose contact with someone.  Gone in different directions in life.

11. A metaphor: An image, a simile, a symbol, a figure of speech.

12. To hit on: To try to win over a member of the opposite sex using certain words, such as pick-up lines: “What’s your sign”, or “Do you come here often?”.

13. A dear diary moment: Girls often write about special events in their journal.

14. Aruba: A country the Dutch colonised in the Caribbean.

15. To hang out: To go somewhere or to do something with friends.

16. Bracket-y things: Something pertaining/related to a piece of the furniture that resembles an angle.

17. Worm guys: Small plastic nails/screws that resemble little worms.

18. To be screwed: When someone does something to you that was unfair, you feel screwed.

19. Machine cut me off again: When you are leaving a message on a telephone answering machine, and the allowed time for leaving a message ends before you are finished leaving the message.

20. Jimmies: Little candies.

21. Walked out on me: He dumped me, broke up with me, and ended the relationship without warning.

22. A fifth date revelation: You do not want to reveal too much on a first or second date, but you maybe willing to disclose more information by the fifth date.

23. Billy, don’t be a hero: A 1974 anti-war song.  Ross said: “Do the words, Billy don’t be a hero mean anything to you”, because 1974 was the last time he grabbed a spoon; it was a long time ago.

24. To get it together: Work up the courage, or to work out your problems and become normal again.

25. While you’re on a roll: When things are good, more and more good things keep on happening, so try something and it will probably end in a favourable result.

26. To take credit for: To accept praise or recognition for something you may have done.

27. A line: When trying to meet people for a relationship, people may repeat a sentence used to attract their romantic interest, such as: “Do you come here often”?

28. A beacon: A guiding light, a flare, a flashing flashlight used to attract attention.  Airplanes have beacons.

29. To be laughed out: People laugh at you so you feel uncomfortable and leave.

30. To live off: To not work and have others support you, financially.

31. Albino guy: An albino is a person who lacks colour in their skin and hair.

32. Then I found aromatherapy: Then I discovered or found out that I really love the career of massage with fragrances.

33. It sucks!: That is terrible, awful!!

34. To crash on the couch: To sleep on the sofa.

35. A major crush on you: A person likes a member of the opposite sex, but they aren’t really serious.

36. Geek:  Unable to perform socially; nerdy.

37. Vulnerability: susceptibility; easily influenced.

38. What’s with you?: Said to another person when they say or act in a silly way.

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1. What are the friends discussing in the opening scene at Central Perk?
2. What are the friends discussing in the second scene?
3. What are the friends discussing in the third scene?
4. Why did Chandler ask for a million dollars?
5. Why did Monica order Rachel a decaf?
6. What is a Lincoln High Survivor?
7. Why did Rachel say: “All my life I’ve been a shoe, but now I want to be a purse”?
8. Why couldn’t Phoebe help Ross put his furniture together?
9. Why couldn’t Ross feel his legs?
10. Ross said that Carol drank from the can; he should have known.  Known what?
11. Why did Joey tell Ross to grab a spoon?
12. Why did Chandler say to Rach: “Oh how well you know me”, when she bought her shoes?
13. Why did Monica crush the wine guy’s watch?
14. When did Ross grab a spoon?
15. What is Rachel’s new job?
16. Is Rachel good at making coffee?
17. What kind of dreams did Chandler have?
18. Who is Liza Minnelli, and where is Las Vegas?
19. What did Phoebe keep doing again at Central Perk?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. What was it like to see all the Friends characters at such a young age?
2. Have you ever had a strange dream like Chandler?  What did they mean?
3. Can people have a date and only eat dinner?  Relate this to your own experience.
4. Carol left Ross because she is gay.  Do you know anybody who broke up because one partner was gay?
5. If you were Ross when Carol left, how would you feel and what would you do?
6. Rach ran out on her wedding.  Would you run out on your wedding if you were in her shoes?
7. Has your friend or relative ever run out on a wedding or relationship?
8. Paul lied to Monica.  Have you ever lied or been lied to?
9. Is Paul a jerk? Why?
10. Rachel cut-up her credit cards.  Have you or someone you know ever done this?
11. Joey, Chandler, and Ross had to put together furniture.  Tell us about a time you had to assemble furniture.  What stores sell furniture in pieces?
12. Have you ever been encouraged to “grab a spoon”?
13. Have you ever felt like “breaking a watch”?
14. Would you like a job like Rachel’s, serving coffee?
15. What is your favourite coffee, and why?
16. List as many kinds of coffees and blends as possible.
17. What is your dream job?  Have you ever been forced to get a job you didn’t want?
18. Do you have part-time job experience?
19. Do you or your friends ever sing songs to repeat what other people say?
20. Have you ever had a crush on your sibling’s friend, like Ross had on Rach?

Roll Play

Instructions:

·         In groups, talk about how your role-play will take place. 

·         Give each-other roles to play.

·         Five minutes for each performance.

·         Use as many expressions learned in today’s lesson as possible.

A)    Run away from a wedding.

B)    “Grab a spoon”

C)    Break-up with a person

D)    Cut up all of your credit cards

E)     Work at a “blah” place, quit, and work at your dream job.

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ALBINO	AROMATHERAPY	ARUBA
AURA	BEACON	BRACKET
DRIFT	FIXATE	GEEK
HAIRPIECE	HUMP	JIMMIES
METAPHOR	REVELATION	VULNERABILITY

Write the letter of the correct match next to each problem.

1.		Walked out on me	a.	Work up the courage, or to work out your problems and become normal again.
2.		Machine cut me off again	b.	When you are leaving a message on a telephone answering machine, and the allowed time for leaving a message ends before you are finished leaving the message.
3.		1. There’s nothing to tell	c.	I realised
4.		To freak out	d.	To lose touch. To lose contact with someone. Gone in different directions in life.
5.		Then it hit me	e.	To act a little crazy for a moment
6.		To drift apart	f.	When friends are asking for information about a date, but the friend going on the date doesn’t want to say or reveal any information, they can say that.
7.		A dear diary moment	g.	go somewhere or to do something with friends.
8.		To hang out	h.	When someone does something to you that was unfair, you feel screwed.
9.		To be screwed	i.	He dumped me, broke up with me, and ended the relationship without warning.
10.		To get it together	j.	Girls often write about special events in their journal.

THE ONE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

Please unscramble the words below

1.	abocen
2.	ibuinytrvlale
3.	efaitx
4.	ftdir
5.	epcie
6.	egke
7.	abrua
8.	mmeiijs
9.	elnaietorv
10.	aeyhpramorat
11.	baonil
12.	ihar
13.	reckbta
14.	hpmu
15.	uraa