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  1. I'm sorry, I'm just being interviewed and you know what, I can't concentrate.0:00
  2. I'm sorry, I'm just going to get through.0:04
  3. I got to get through.0:06
  4. Okay, so anyway, what were you asking?0:08
  5. I'm sorry, it's okay.0:10
  6. What were you saying?0:12
  7. I can't.0:13
  8. Right through this way.0:15
  9. Excuse me.0:18
  10. This way?0:19
  11. Yeah, right there.0:20
  12. That way.0:21
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  1. Hiya!0:26
  2. Yay!0:27
  3. So Friends is one of the most successful TV shows of all time and it's still hugely popular decades after0:27
  4. it ended.0:33
  5. Now what makes it so special is that you could see the genuine friendship between the cast members.0:34
  6. They really did hit it off in real life, not just on screen.0:38
  7. It's like their chemistry and the fun they had working together really struck a chord with audiences everywhere, which is0:41
  8. a big part of what made the show so magical.0:48
  9. So in an interview we learned English with today, the cast talks about their characters, the incredible impact the show0:50
  10. was already having, and what it was like filming together during those early seasons.0:56
  11. Along the way, we will learn tons of useful English expressions about success, relationships, careers, and pop culture.1:00
  12. Now, before we get started, you should know that this lesson comes with its own vocabulary flashcards covering all the1:07
  13. keywords and expressions we'll see today.1:13
  14. Practicing with these daily is the easiest way for you to remember these words forever.1:15
  15. So, if that sounds interesting to you, just click the link in the description below.1:20
  16. using your phone to get our app and start your vocabulary practice right after the lesson.1:23
  17. Now let's begin by watching the first clip with subtitles.1:29
  18. The show is about six individuals who live in a big apple and each of them has separate careers and1:37
  19. love interests and are in that phase of their lives where they're not relying on their parents anymore for financial1:46
  20. stability and are not yet settled with a husband or wife or I was but or kids and so we're1:53
  21. in that kind of gray area where we're relying on our friends for kind of emotional support and spiritual support2:02
  22. and trying to make it on our own in the big city you know a lot of people say this2:08
  23. is a hot show for Generation X I know I know I know you hate that but But, of course,2:13
  24. that's how it's been described by some people, that 20 -somethings love this show.2:22
  25. But you all, why don't you like that, Courtney?2:27
  26. Why does that bug you, that whole term?2:29
  27. No, I don't know why, actually.2:31
  28. Truthfully, I don't even know why it's that negative.2:33
  29. Generation X, I guess, implies that we're all aimless and we're just kind of hanging out listening to, you know,2:35
  30. music and watching the Brady Bunch or something.2:39
  31. I don't know, which we do.2:42
  32. But I think that it just implies that we're aimless and we're not.2:43
  33. We all know where we're going and we're trying to get there.2:47
  34. And I, of course, am there.2:49
  35. I'm doing what I want to do, sorry.2:51
  36. Yeah, exactly.2:53
  37. You're sort of the stable member of the cast, aren't you?2:53
  38. Well, I'm the chef, so I'm the chef.2:56
  39. Need I say more?2:58
  40. I think I've said it all.3:00
  41. The show's about six individuals who live in the Big Apple, and each of them has separate careers and love3:06
  42. interests.3:15
  43. The Big Apple is a famous nickname for New York City, where Friends was set.3:16
  44. So David Trimmer, who played Ross, is saying each of the characters in the show had their love interests.3:20
  45. This expression means someone you're romantically interested in or dating.3:25
  46. Like in Friends, Rachel's love interests included Ross, Paolo, and later Joey, and Monica had relationships with Richard and Chandler.3:29
  47. And each of them has separate careers and love interests and are in that phase of their lives where they're3:40
  48. not relying on their parents anymore more for financial stability and are not yet settled with a husband or wife3:47
  49. or...3:55
  50. When you rely on your parents, you need them to take care of you, especially financially.3:55
  51. If you're remembering Friends, Rachel stopped relying on her father for money when she left her wedding and moved in4:00
  52. with Monica.4:07
  53. So David explains that characters were in that phase where they hadn't yet settled, which here means establishing in a4:07
  54. long -term relationship, so getting married and starting a family.4:13
  55. It's like finding your permanent life situation.4:17
  56. See this other example.4:21
  57. God, you know, I can't believe you're not married.4:22
  58. I mean, even when we were kids, I always saw you as that guy that would settle down at a4:24
  59. young age.4:28
  60. You know, you were always kind of like an old young guy.4:29
  61. David says, I was because Ross was already married in the first episode.4:31
  62. They're not relying on their parents anymore for financial stability and are not yet settled old with a husband or4:35
  63. wife or I was but or kids and so we're in that kind of gray area where we're relying on4:43
  64. our friends for kind of emotional support and spiritual support and trying to make it on our own in the4:50
  65. big city.4:56
  66. A gray area is a situation that's unclear where you're between two different phases of something.4:57
  67. For example say you're casually dating someone for a few weeks you're not just friends anymore but you're not officially5:02
  68. their boyfriend or girlfriend either So that's a gray area where you're not sure what to call their relationship.5:08
  69. You can think of it like it's not black or white.5:14
  70. It's somewhere in the middle.5:17
  71. So it's gray.5:18
  72. Anyway, so the characters in the show are in this gray area because on the one hand, they don't live5:20
  73. with their parents anymore.5:26
  74. But on the other hand, they haven't reached the settled adult phase yet.5:27
  75. They're stuck in between trying to make it on their own in the big city.5:32
  76. To make it means to be successful.5:35
  77. On your own means do something independently, alone, without help.5:38
  78. Together, make it on your own means succeeding through your own efforts.5:43
  79. It's a very common collocation.5:47
  80. You can think of someone like Oprah, for example, who grew up in poverty and made it on her own5:49
  81. to become one of the most successful media personalities in the world.5:54
  82. You know, a lot of people say this is a hot show for Generation X.5:58
  83. I know, I know, I know, I know you hate that.6:03
  84. But of course, that's how it's been described by some people that 20 -somethings love this show.6:08
  85. Hot here means very popular.6:13
  86. You can have a hot topic, that is, something everyone is talking about, or a hot restaurant, for example.6:16
  87. Now, in 1994, Friends was definitely the hot show everyone was talking about, especially Generation X.6:22
  88. These are people born roughly between 1965 and 1980, so at that time, Gen Xers were still 20 -somethings, like6:28
  89. the interviewer said.6:35
  90. 20 -somethings refers to people in their 20s, people from age 20 to 29.6:36
  91. You can also say 30s or teens, for example.6:41
  92. It's a casual way to talk about age groups.6:45
  93. But you all, why don't you like that, Courtney?6:47
  94. Why does that bug you, that whole term?6:49
  95. The interviewer is asking why the expression, the term, Generation X, bugs Courtney.6:51
  96. To bug someone means to annoy or bother them.6:56
  97. It's quite informal and commonly used in everyday conversation.7:00
  98. Check out this other example.7:03
  99. She explains that the label Generation X bothers her because it suggests young people like her have no direction or7:16
  100. goals in life.7:22
  101. That's what being aimless means, having no aim or no goal.7:24
  102. She feels the term unfairly paints them as lazy people who just hang out, spending time casually without being productive7:28
  103. and watch old TV shows like The Brady Bunch rather than recognizing that this new generation is actually working hard7:34
  104. toward their goals.7:41
  105. Yeah, exactly.7:42
  106. You're sort of the stable member of the cast, aren't you?7:43
  107. Well, I'm the chef, so I'm the chef.7:45
  108. Stable means consistent and well -balanced.7:47
  109. A stable person in this context doesn't have dramatic ups and downs.7:50
  110. They're steady and reliable, which Monica is because of her job as chef.7:55
  111. It's a different way, yeah.8:20
  112. It's very different.8:22
  113. Phoebe listens really carefully, I think, to what everybody's saying.8:24
  114. It's just, you know, her response doesn't go through the circuits it would for other people.8:27
  115. You know, comes out something different.8:33
  116. Ursula, who's the waitress on Mad About You, doesn't even listen at all.8:35
  117. She doesn't even bother.8:38
  118. Matt, are you surprised that the show has been so successful?8:39
  119. It's like the number two comedy, isn't it?8:42
  120. Is that right?8:44
  121. It's pretty amazing.8:45
  122. I mean, I think we're all really sort of taken aback by it because to us down here, it just8:46
  123. seems like we're all just sort of a theater group.8:50
  124. You know, we're all a really tight ensemble.8:53
  125. We get along really well, and it's just a real productive environment.8:55
  126. We have a great time.8:59
  127. Now, Matt, too, what were you doing before you landed this role?9:00
  128. I was on every canceled show that George Clooney was on.9:03
  129. And Lisa, tell me about your character quickly because you are the same.9:11
  130. Well, you're the twin sister of the person you play on Mad About You, right?9:15
  131. Yeah.9:20
  132. Twin sisters mean two sisters born at the same time to the same parents.9:21
  133. Now, this is really interesting.9:25
  134. Lisa Kudrow, before Friends, already played a character named Ursula on this other show, Mad About You.9:27
  135. So when Friends started, the writers decided to connect the two shows by making Phoebe, her Friends character, and Ursula9:32
  136. twin sisters.9:39
  137. And you're about, you're sort of as ditzy as she is, correct?9:40
  138. in a different way.9:43
  139. Um...9:44
  140. Ditsy in a different way.9:46
  141. Yeah.9:48
  142. It's very different.9:49
  143. Ditsy means silly and confused, like someone who is not paying attention or thinking clearly.9:52
  144. And you can hear David saying Phoebe is Ditsy with an edge, meaning she has something bold that makes her9:57
  145. stand out, like a tougher, more unpredictable side to her personality.10:02
  146. This captures the idea that Phoebe isn't just a sweet, airheaded character.10:06
  147. She has moments where she can be surprisingly direct, confident or even a bit fierce when needed.10:10
  148. Phoebe listens really carefully, I think, to what everybody's saying.10:16
  149. It's just, you know, her response doesn't go through the circuits it would for other people.10:19
  150. You know, comes out something different.10:24
  151. Lisa is saying that Phoebe's thoughts don't normally follow logical patterns.10:26
  152. Her brain processes information differently than most people, almost as if her thoughts went through the circuits in her brain10:30
  153. differently.10:37
  154. Ursula, who's the waitress on Mad About You, doesn't even listen at all.10:38
  155. Yeah.10:41
  156. Doesn't even bother.10:41
  157. Doesn't even bother means doesn't care or make any effort at all.10:42
  158. Like you don't even care enough to try.10:45
  159. Did you ever question Roxy herself?10:47
  160. Did you even bother to ask her if you were the father of a child?10:50
  161. No, sir.10:53
  162. Now notice how Lisa pronounces this whole line.10:54
  163. Ursula, who's the waitress on Mad About You, doesn't even listen at all.10:57
  164. Did you hear how the phrases are all connected?10:59
  165. Let's break down the connected speech in them.11:03
  166. Who's the waitress on Mad About You?11:05
  167. sounds like Who's the waitress on?11:07
  168. Who's the waitress on?11:11
  169. Who's the waitress on?11:13
  170. Mad About You Mad About You Mad About You Who's the waitress on Mad About You?11:14
  171. And Doesn't Even Listen At All sounds like Doesn't Even Doesn't Even Doesn't Even Listen At All all, listen at11:23
  172. all, listen at all, doesn't even listen at all.11:35
  173. This is very typical of how Americans speak.11:41
  174. It's called connected speech.11:44
  175. And practicing it is not just important for speaking more smoothly, but it'll greatly improve your listening skills.11:45
  176. So let's practice.11:52
  177. Repeat after Lisa.11:53
  178. Ursula, who's the waitress on Mad About You, doesn't even listen at all.11:55
  179. Ursula, who's the waitress on Mad About You, doesn't even listen at all.11:57
  180. It's pretty amazing.12:10
  181. I mean, I think we're all really sort of taken aback by it because to us down here, it just12:12
  182. seems like we're all just sort of a theater group, you know, we're all...12:16
  183. Taken aback means surprised or shocked, usually in a positive way.12:19
  184. Like something unexpected happened that left you amazed.12:23
  185. I have to say I'm somewhat taken aback.12:27
  186. He can't live with me, I live in one room.12:31
  187. It's a really tight ensemble, we get along really well, it's just a real productive environment.12:33
  188. We have a great time.12:38
  189. An ensemble cast is a group of actors who all have important roles, rather than one star with supporting actors.12:40
  190. Think of The Avengers or The Lord of the Rings, where there are several protagonists, not just one.12:46
  191. Or even other sitcoms like How I Met Your Mother.12:51
  192. And to get along means to have a good relationship with someone, to be friendly and work well together.12:54
  193. Now, Matt too, what were you doing before you landed this role?13:00
  194. I was on every canceled show that George Clooney was on.13:03
  195. To land a role or job means to successfully get it, especially after trying hard or competing with others.13:07
  196. Matthew explains that before Friends, he was on several TV shows that were canceled, that is, when the network stops13:14
  197. making new episodes.13:19
  198. And what he says is funny because George Clooney, the famous actor, was known for being on many canceled shows13:20
  199. as well early in his career.13:26
  200. Alright, now it's time for the most important step of the lesson, the test.13:28
  201. We're going to watch the whole clip again without subtitles and I'm going to ask you some quiz questions.13:32
  202. Are you ready?13:37
  203. Let's go.13:39
  204. The show's about six individuals who live in the Big Apple and each of them has separate careers and love13:45
  205. interests and are in that phase of their lives where they're not relying on their parents anymore for financial stability13:55
  206. and are not yet settled with a husband or wife or I was, or kids, and so we're in that14:02
  207. kind of gray area where we're relying on our friends.14:10
  208. When would you describe a situation as a gray area?14:13
  209. When something is clearly wrong, when you need to make a quick decision, when the rules aren't defined.14:16
  210. For kind of emotional support and spiritual support and trying to make it on our own in the big city.14:32
  211. You know, a lot of people say this is a hot show for Generation X.14:38
  212. Ooh!14:43
  213. I know, I know.14:44
  214. I know, I know, I know you hate that.14:45
  215. But, of course, that's how it's been described by some people, that 20 -somethings love this show.14:48
  216. But you all, why don't you like that, Courtney?14:54
  217. Why does that bug you, that whole term?14:56
  218. No, I don't know why, actually.14:58
  219. Truthfully, I don't even know why it's that negative.15:00
  220. Generation X, I guess, implies that we're all aimless.15:01
  221. An aimless person would most likely go through life without clear goals, take their time making decisions, prefer working alone.15:04
  222. I'm doing what I want to do.15:36
  223. You're sort of the stable member of the cast.15:38
  224. I'm the chef.15:40
  225. I'm the chef.15:42
  226. Need I say more?15:44
  227. I think I've said it all.15:45
  228. Lisa, tell me about your character quickly.15:46
  229. Because you are the same, well, you're the twin sister of the person you play on mad about you, right?15:49
  230. Yeah.15:55
  231. And you're sort of as ditzy as she is, correct?15:55
  232. If someone calls you ditzy, they think you are being funny, Talk too much Act unfocused You know comes out15:59
  233. something different Ursula who's the waitress on mad about you doesn't even listen at all Yeah, I've been bothered Matt.16:34
  234. Are you surprised that the show has been so successful?16:39
  235. It's like the number two comedy, isn't it?16:41
  236. Is that right?16:44
  237. It's pretty amazing.16:45
  238. I mean, we're all really sort of taken aback by someone would be taken aback by Expected bad news a16:46
  239. compliment from a rival rush our traffic because to us down here it just seems like we're all just a16:53
  240. sort of a theater group you know we're all a really tight ensemble we get along really well it's just17:09
  241. a real productive environment yeah great time now matt too what were you doing before you landed this role so17:14
  242. i was on every canceled show that george clooney wasn't hi yeah guys great job now if you're new to17:21
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