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.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “10 Hilarious Cold Opens from ‘Friends’”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: sex, egg, denise. Deze video bevat 245 zinnen en 1536 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 11:46. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 131 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 54 van de 245 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
lottery zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɑtɚi/loting, loterij
hockey zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhɑ.ki/hockey
salad zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsæl.əd/salade
roommate zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/kamergenoot, huisgenoot
odd bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ɑd/vreemd, merkwaardig
forgive werkwoord/fɚˈɡɪv/vergeven
lightning zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/bliksem, weerlicht
hint zelfstandig naamwoord/hɪnt/aanwijzing
chase werkwoord/t͡ʃeɪs/achtervolgen, achternazitten
pitch zelfstandig naamwoord/pɪt͡ʃ/worp
sexy bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈsɛksi/sexy
insane bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ɪnˈseɪn/gestoord, waanzinnig
honey zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhʌni/honing
talented bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈtæləntɪd/getalenteerd
relax werkwoord/ɹɪˈlæks/losmaken

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
come out werkwoord/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/uitkomen
get up werkwoordopstaan
give up werkwoordzich overgeven
find out werkwoordontdekken, onderzoeken
get off werkwoordvan ... afgaan
go down werkwoordafdalen
stay up werkwoordopblijven

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • 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?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig isI've been trying · haven't been taking · has been holding
Voorwaardelijke zinnen if + zin, will/would + werkwoord — een voorwaarde en het gevolgif we win, we'll split · If you had to, what would you
“Used to” used to + werkwoord — een vroegere gewoonte of toestand die niet meer kloptused to have · used to wear
Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig waswas walking · was thinking · wasn't thinking

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 78 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, gonna. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: chef /ʃɛf/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, calamari /kæləˈmɑːɹi/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: salad /ˈsæl.əd/, odd /ɑd/, forgive /fɚˈɡɪv/, talented /ˈtæləntɪd/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: salad /ˈsæl.əd/, talented /ˈtæləntɪd/, relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, scratch /skɹæt͡ʃ/, calamari /kæləˈmɑːɹi/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: forgive /fɚˈɡɪv/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, burgundy /ˈbɝ.ɡən.di/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als lottery, hockey, salad.

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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