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Video Session - Friends - The one where they all turn thirty
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Video Session:
Meet the characters...
Chandler Rachel Ross Monica Joey Phoebe
Turning Thirty...
At Rachel’s apartment…
TASK 1:
Decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F)
Monica prepared breakfast.
Joey’s thirties were okay.
Rachel feels she is overreacting.
At the street…
TASK 2:
Match the beginnings (1-4) with the endings (A-D)
Ross bought…
Ross claims he has…
Phoebe wants to go…
The sports car is completely boxed in…
A. always been interested in cars.
B. a red sports car.
C. for a ride.
D. and then can’t get out.
At Monica and Chandler’s apartment…
TASK 3:
Choose the correct word for each gap
Monica is
sober
drunk
tired
.
Chandler has organized a
surprise birthday party
baby shower
farewell party
.
Monica‘s parents had never
seen Ross drunk
been to a surprise party
seen Monica drunk
.
At Ursula’s apartment…
TASK 4:
Choose the correct word to complete the statements
Phoebe gives her twin sister a
Hippity-Hop
ball
doll
as a birthday present.
Ursula says they are
29
32
31
30
.
Ursula sold Phoebe’s birth certificate to a
Polish
Turkish
Spanish
runaway.
At Rachel’s apartment…
TASK 5:
Complete the script with the words below.
married – hug – couple – joke – list – guys – grandma – funny – card – any
g:
Tag:
This is from me!
Rachel:
Ahhhh!
Tag:
It wasn't on the list, but hopefully you'll think it's really fun!
Rachel:
A scooter!
Ross:
Stick to the
. Always stick to the list.
Rachel:
No! No, no, I love it. Thank you.
Chandler:
Okay, open ours next. Open ours next!
Rachel:
Okay.
Joey:
Now that you’re a
we don’t get two presents from you
?
Chandler:
For my last birthday you gave me a
! Okay, read the card! Read the card!
Rachel:
Okay. Happy birthday
! It’s better to be over the hill than buried under it. All our love Monica and Chandler. That’s
, yeah!
Chandler:
No-no-no-no! That was the
!
Rachel:
No, I know! I get it! It’s funny!
Chandler:
No, because you’re not a grandmother!
Rachel:
No I know, because to be a grandmother you have to be
and have children and I don’t have
of those things. That’s why it’s so funny.
Monica:
All you had to do was buy the
!
TASK 6:
Complete Rachel’s plan with numbers
Rachel wants to have
kids.
She should have the first one by the time she’s
.
She doesn’t have to get pregnant until she is
,
which gives Prada
years to start making maternity clothes!
She wants to be married for
year before she gets pregnant.
She doesn’t have to get married until she is
, which is
whole years from now!
However, she needs a year and a half to plan the wedding,
and she would like to know the guy for a year, year and a half before they get engaged.
Which means she needs to meet the guy by the time she’s
.
Now, enjoy the rest of the episode...
TASK 7:
Who said what: Ross, Phoebe, Joey or Monica?
(throughout the episode)
“Why God? Why?!! We had a deal!! Let the others grow old! Not me!!”
“I really like to say that I’m … You know what I’d really like to say? I’m drunk!! That’s right mom and dad your little Harmonica is hammered!! And guess what! I’ve been drunk before! And I’ve smoked a cigarette! It’s all okay. It’s okay because I turned thirty today. And, and I can do anything I want… because I am a grown up.”
"How would you feel if you found out you were 31? It totally ruined my schedule! I haven’t done any of the things I wanted to do by the time I was 31! I haven’t met any Portuguese people! I haven’t had the perfect kiss! And I haven’t been to sniper’s school!”
“Do you realize in ten years we’re going to be forty?”
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CynWilkinson 2009