Review the picture dictionary and vocabulary videos
Re-watch the video and complete the listening comprehension and gap-fill quizzes on eslvideo.com
1. Watch the video
2. Review the picture dictionary and vocabulary videos
Picture Dictionary
Images of things mentioned in the video
Sweet 'N Low = Zero Calorie Sweetener
Limoges gravy boat
Limoges is a city in France. It's known for its decorated porcelain.
aura
cafeteria
Mr. Potato Head
strip joint
Vocabulary
naked
weird
sweetie
bridesmaid
hormones
survive
gorgeous
freak out
drift apart
Vocabulary in context
listen, read, and repeat
"Alright, so I'm back in high school, I'm standing in the middle of the cafeteria, and I realize I am totally naked."
nakedadjective nude, without clothes.
"All of a sudden, the phone starts to ring. And it turns out it's my mother, which is very-very weird, because- she never calls me!"
weirdadjective strange, bizarre, out of the ordinary
"Are you okay, sweetie?"
sweetienounsomeone you love, such as a child, partner, or good friend
"No, no don't! Stop cleansing my aura! No, just leave my aura alone, okay?"
cleanseverb to make something thoroughly clean.
auranoun an atmosphere or quality generated by a person, thing, or place. (See Picture Dictionary above.)
"And you never knew she was a lesbian..."
"No!! Okay?! Why does everyone keep fixating on that? She didn't know, how should I know?"
lesbiannouna homosexual woman.
fixateverb to pay attention to exclusively and obsessively.
"Alright Ross, look. You're feeling a lot of pain right now. You're angry. You're hurting. Can I tell you what the answer is? Strip joint! C'mon, you're single! Have some hormones!"
hormonesnounchemical substances produced in the body that influence development, growth, sex, etc.
"Okay, everybody, this is Rachel, another Lincoln High survivor."
survive verb
to continue to live or exist in spite of (an accident or ordeal).
survivornoun
a person who survives.
Example: My neighbor is a cancer survivor. She survived breast cancer.
Lincoln High = Lincoln High School
"So you wanna tell us now, or are we waiting for four wet bridesmaids?"
bridesmaidnoun A girl or woman who accompanies a bride on her wedding day.
"wanna" = want to (relaxed speech)
"and I was looking at this gravy boat. This really gorgeous Limoges gravy boat. When all of a sudden -- Sweet 'n' Lo? -- I realized that I was more turned on by this gravy boat than by Barry! And then I got really freaked out, and that's when it hit me: how much Barry looks like Mr. Potato Head."
gorgeous adjectivebeautiful; very attractive.
freak outphrasal verb surprised, upset, angry, or confused.
Limoges gravy boat(See the Picture Dictionary above.)
"So anyway I just didn't know where to go, and I know that you and I have kindadrifted apart, but you're the only person I knew who lived here in the city."
"Who wasn't invited to the wedding."
"Ooh, I was kinda hoping that wouldn't be an issue..."
drift apartverb to move apart in the relationship, to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness.
"kinda" = kind of (relaxed speech)
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