Shadowing Practice: 10 Hilarious Cold Opens from ‘Friends’ - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I'm telling you, Ross, she wants you.
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She barely knows me.
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We just live in the same building.
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Any contact?
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She lent me an egg once.
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You're in!
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Oh, right.
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Hey, Ross.
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Hey!
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Come on, Ross, you gotta get back in the game here, okay?
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The Rachel thing's not happening.
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Your ex -wife's a lesbian.
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I don't think we need a third.
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Uh, excuse me, can we get an egg over here, still in the show?
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Thanks.
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An egg?
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Yeah, you're gonna go up to her and say, here's your egg back, I'm returning your egg.
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I think it's winning.
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Come on, I think it's insane.
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She'll love it.
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Thank you, thank you.
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Here.
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Go with the egg, my friend.
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Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
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Think it'll work?
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No way.
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It's suicide.
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The man's got an egg.
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Mom, would you relax?
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That was ten blocks from here, and the woman was walking alone at night.
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I would never do that.
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Mom, come on.
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Stop worrying.
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This is a safe street.
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This is a safe building.
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There's nothing...
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Mom, I gotta go.
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I gotta go.
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I gotta go.
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Mom!
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Okay.
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That's fine you just read the paper.
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I'm gonna get a pot.
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It's not for you Okay,
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that's fine read the family circus Enjoy the gentle comedy
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it's open you guys hi hey hey can i help you
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yeah i'm looking for phoebe does she still live here uh no she doesn't
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but i can get a message to her great uh just tell her her husband stopped by her What?
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Hey, how did you do that?
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I'm telling you, that girl totally winked at me.
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She did not wink at me.
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Huh.
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What the hell is that?
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What the hell is that?
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Is that you?
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Boy, you are really not a morning person.
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Back off!
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Get up!
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Get up!
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Get up!
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What is that noise?
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You.
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It's the chick.
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She's going through some changes.
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What kind of changes?
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Well, the vet seems to think that she's becoming a rooster.
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We're getting a second opinion.
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Hey, Joey.
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Hey, Phoebs.
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Listen, can you do me a favor?
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I forgot the PIN number to my ATM card.
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Can you get it for me?
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Sure.
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Where is it?
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Uh, I scratched it on the ATM machine down on the corner.
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Oh, so you're 5639?
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That's it.
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Thanks, Phoebs.
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Hey.
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Oh, do you want to talk to Chandler?
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Is that Joey?
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Let me talk to him.
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No, because he didn't believe in my movie.
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Which is a big mistake because it is real.
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Real.
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Hey, you know what?
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I've been trying to apologize to him all week
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if he's not gonna let me do it on the phone
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i'm gonna go down there i'm gonna do it in person uh phoebs i heard
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that uh can you put him on yeah hey don't come out here
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no no i support you 100 and i want to prove
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that to you in person i got
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that i forgive you don't come out here forgive me you
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haven't been taking my calls for a week well i'm totally over it Chandler, friends forever.
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Don't come out here.
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Would you like doing a picture with us?
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What was that?
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Uh, Entertainment Tonight.
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Yeah.
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Okay, so, good talking to you, and don't come out here.
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All right.
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All right.
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Hey, check it out.
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This is unbelievable.
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Joey has been holding his breath for...
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Almost four minutes.
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Dude, are you trying to kill me?
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Steve, I want to ask you something.
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Uh -huh, what?
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Well, since I'm moving out and you're so beautiful, how would I move in with you?
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Well, that would be great, but then what do we do about Denise?
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Who's Denise?
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My roommate.
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Do you have a roommate?
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Yes, Denise.
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Denise.
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hey what is with the secrecy phoebe huh and what about this denise is she cute
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please understand how can you have a roommate
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that none of us know about maybe because you never listen to anything
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that i say i talk about her all the time denise
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hey great listen i was thinking uh i'm gonna have an
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extra room over at my place oh that's true yeah why
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don't you move in with me it'll be great we can like stay up late talking
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and watch movies and You know about Naked Thursdays, right?
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Yeah, yeah.
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I think I'm gonna find my own place.
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Hey, hey.
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I thought Naked Thursdays was just our thing, man.
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Hey, guys.
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Hey.
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So, what do you think? About what?
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What?
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Yeah, what?
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Are you kidding?
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Okay, I'll give you a hint.
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I'll give you a hint.
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All right.
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No. Oh.
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Your eyes.
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No. Chandler's eyes.
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I got glasses.
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You always had glasses.
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No, I didn't. Are you sure?
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Yeah, didn't you used to have a pair?
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They were really round and burgundy, and they made you look kind of, um...
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Feminine.
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Yes.
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No.
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Sweetie, I think the glasses look great make you look really
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sexy really yeah you didn't think i used to wear glasses right of course
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okay now this one is rare this one is medium well
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now go go go hey phoebe hey hey have dinner dinner
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was good just saying hi now i'm gonna go oh well hello there
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i didn't see this on the menu oh oh ten this is phoebe phoebe this is ten my new sous chef Oh, so you're Monica's boss?
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Actually, she's my boss.
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Sue is French for under.
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Ah, I...
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Sue Stan.
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Hey, Tim, I need a calamari and a Caesar salad.
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And, um, could you give me the pesto?
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Yeah.
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You made pesto?
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Yes, I did.
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Would you say your pesto is the best -o?
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I don't know, but I would say it's pretty good -o.
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I still need the calamari and the Caesar salad.
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I like your necklace.
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Oh, I made it myself.
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You are so talented.
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Well, it's no pesto.
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All right, all right, let's just cut to the chase, okay?
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You're single, you're single.
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He gets off work at 11.
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She'll be waiting for your call.
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I'll give him your number if I could just get one calamari and one Caesar salad!
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I did not yell.
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I am not putting a dollar in the jar.
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Monica.
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Hey, can I put one of the Porsche?
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Okay, but what is it not?
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A place to entertain my lady friends.
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And what else is it not?
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A place to eat spaghetti.
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Very good.
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Thanks.
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What do you need it for, anyway?
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Oh, the Powerball lottery is up to 300 million, and they don't sell tickets here in New York, so...
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Oh, so you're driving up to Connecticut?
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Yeah, Connecticut, not West Virginia.
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Hey, maybe I'll drive you up there.
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I'd like to buy some tickets myself.
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Yeah, with Chandler not getting paid, we could really use $300 million.
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Yes, because if I was at my old job, we'd say, $300 million?
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No, thank you.
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Hey, will you get me tickets, too?
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Yeah, me, too.
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Oh, I have an idea.
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Why don't we all pitch in $50, we'll pool our money together, and then if we win, we'll split it.
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Oh, that's a great idea.
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No, thanks.
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you don't want to win the lottery uh sure i do
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i also want to be king of my own country
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and find out what happened to amelia erhart still on amelia erhart the woman just vanished
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susie ross you don't want in on this no do you
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know what your odds are of winning the lottery i mean
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you have a better chance of being struck by lightning 42 times yes
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but there's six of us so we'd only have to get struck by lightning seven times i like those odds Seriously,
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you guys, I can't believe you're gonna spend $250 on the lottery.
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I mean, that's such a bunch of boo -hockey.
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I'll ask.
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Boo -hockey.
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Oh, oh, we think Emma's about to start talking, so we're trying to be careful about what.. words we use in front of you yeah
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so get ready to hear a lot of boo hockey gosh darn it
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and brother pucker how do you know she's gonna start talking well
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when i talk to her i almost feel like she understands what i'm saying i like joey what's
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that now this cake is amazing my god get a room
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i would get a room with this cake i think i could show this cake a good time If you had to, what would you give up, food or sex?
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Sex.
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Seriously, answer faster.
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Oh, I'm sorry, honey.
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You know, when she said sex, I wasn't thinking about sex with you.
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It's like a giant hug.
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Ross, how about you?
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Which would you give up, sex or food?
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Food.
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Okay, how about sex or dinosaurs?
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Oh, my God, it's like Sophie's Choice.
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Oh, God.
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What about you, Joe?
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What would you give up, sex or food?
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Um, uh...
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I don't know.
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It's too hard.
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No, you gotta pick one.
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Uh, food.
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No, sex.
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Food.
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Sex.
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Food.
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Sex.
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I don't know.
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Oh, God, I want both.
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I want...
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I want girls on bread.
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We'll be right back.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “10 Hilarious Cold Opens from ‘Friends’”. Las palabras que más se repiten: sex, egg, denise. Este vídeo tiene 245 frases y 1536 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:46. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 131 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 82 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 54 de sus 245 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| lottery sustantivo | /ˈlɑtɚi/ | lotería |
| hockey sustantivo | /ˈhɑ.ki/ | hockey |
| salad sustantivo | /ˈsæl.əd/ | ensalada |
| roommate sustantivo | /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/ | compañero de cuarto |
| odd adjetivo | /ɑd/ | extraño, raro |
| forgive verbo | /fɚˈɡɪv/ | disculpar |
| lightning sustantivo | /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/ | relámpago, rayo |
| hint sustantivo | /hɪnt/ | pista, indicio |
| amelia sustantivo | amelia | |
| chase verbo | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | perseguir, asenderear |
| pitch sustantivo | /pɪt͡ʃ/ | tiro |
| sexy adjetivo | /ˈsɛksi/ | sexy |
| insane adjetivo | /ɪnˈseɪn/ | enfermo mental, enajenado |
| honey sustantivo | /ˈhʌni/ | miel |
| talented adjetivo | /ˈtæləntɪd/ | talentoso, dotado |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| come out verbo | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | revelarse, salir a la luz |
| get up verbo | levantarse | |
| give up verbo | rendirse, entregar | |
| back off verbo | dejar/parar de insistir | |
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse | |
| get off verbo | bajarse | |
| go through verbo | atravesar | |
| move out verbo | mudarse de acá, independizarse |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Hey, how did you do that?
- Listen, can you do me a favor?
- Can you get it for me?
- Would you like doing a picture with us?
- Do you have a roommate?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa | I've been trying · haven't been taking · has been holding |
| Oraciones condicionales if + oración, will/would + verbo — una condición y su resultado | if we win, we'll split · If you had to, what would you |
| “Used to” used to + verbo — un hábito o estado pasado que ya no es cierto | used to have · used to wear |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasado | was walking · was thinking · wasn't thinking |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 78 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: chef /ʃɛf/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, calamari /kæləˈmɑːɹi/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scratch /skɹæt͡ʃ/, sweetie /ˈswi.ti/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: forgive /fɚˈɡɪv/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, lesbian /ˈlɛz.bi.ən/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como lottery, hockey, salad.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.