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In this section, we analyze parts of the TV show script to learn and understand the use of daily English language.
Read the passages and try to understand them. Then, read the vocabulary explanation. Finally, read the passage again.
From the episode 'Nat and Arley'
JAMIE: Are you okay?
PAUL: I’m just so exhausted... I got this bruise on my thigh, I don’t understand.
JAMIE: Uh-huh. So, what you’re saying is you’re not able to come to disco night at my office.
PAUL: You know, sweetie, haven't you read a paper in the last 20 years? You know, disco is dead.
JAMIE: That’s incorrect. It was dead, now it’s back. It’s having a whole retro thing.
PAUL: I’m aware of that, I’m saying the retro thing’s dead already.
JAMIE: No, it’s not. Come on, come on, dance with me!
PAUL: I’m just so exhausted... I got this bruise on my thigh, I don’t understand.
JAMIE: Uh-huh. So, what you’re saying is you’re not able to come to disco night at my office.
PAUL: You know, sweetie, haven't you read a paper in the last 20 years? You know, disco is dead.
JAMIE: That’s incorrect. It was dead, now it’s back. It’s having a whole retro thing.
PAUL: I’m aware of that, I’m saying the retro thing’s dead already.
JAMIE: No, it’s not. Come on, come on, dance with me!
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to be okay |
estar bien |
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exhausted |
agotado, muy cansado |
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bruise |
lastimadura, contusión |
| thigh | muslo. Para aprender todas las partes del cuerpo humano, vea Parts of the body. |
| uh-huh | Interjección para indicar que se entiendió lo que dijo la otra persona, o cuando se desea que la otra persona siga hablando. Equivale al español aha/ajá. |
| to be able to do something | poder hacer algo |
| sweetie | cariño |
| dead | muerto. El verbo morir se dice to die. El pasado de este verbo es died. |
| to be back | estar de vuelta, regresar |
| whole | completo/a o completamente |
| to be aware of something | saber algo, estar al tanto de algo |
| come on! | ¡dale!, ¡vamos! |
JAMIE: Hey, Arley!
ARLEY: Hey, Jamie!
JAMIE: How’s my little girl?
ARLEY: Very chatty today.
JAMIE: Hi!
ARLEY: Jamie, can I ask you a question?
JAMIE: Sure.
ARLEY: It’s about Nat.
JAMIE: Oh, the answer is yes.
ARLEY: What?
JAMIE: He always wears the jacket.
ARLEY: Oh, no, no. That’s not what I meant. What I meant to say is, how should I put this... er... do you think Nat is... eccentric?
JAMIE: What do you mean by 'eccentric'?
ARLEY: Well, not eccentric like he thinks he’s a carton of orange juice.
JAMIE: No, not that kind of eccentric.
ARLEY: Hey, Jamie!
JAMIE: How’s my little girl?
ARLEY: Very chatty today.
JAMIE: Hi!
ARLEY: Jamie, can I ask you a question?
JAMIE: Sure.
ARLEY: It’s about Nat.
JAMIE: Oh, the answer is yes.
ARLEY: What?
JAMIE: He always wears the jacket.
ARLEY: Oh, no, no. That’s not what I meant. What I meant to say is, how should I put this... er... do you think Nat is... eccentric?
JAMIE: What do you mean by 'eccentric'?
ARLEY: Well, not eccentric like he thinks he’s a carton of orange juice.
JAMIE: No, not that kind of eccentric.
| hey | Una forma de saludo equivalente a Hi! Hello! |
| chatty | conversador/a |
| to ask a question | hacer una pregunta. Note que no se utiliza el verbo to make, sino to ask. |
| sure | seguro |
| answer | respuesta. El verbo responder es to answer. |
| to wear | vestir, llevar puesto |
| jacket | chaqueta. Para aprender otras prendas de vestir, vea Clothes. |
| what I meant | lo que quise decir. El verbo to mean es 'significar', 'querer decir'. |
| how should I put this | cómo diría |
| er | Interjección que se usa cuando no se sabe exactamente qué decir |
| a carton | un envase de cartón |
| kind | tipo |
PAUL: This may sound strange, but... you look good.
JAMIE: I would so much rather be at disco night.
PAUL: It’ll be all right.
JAMIE: What? Are you kidding me?
PAUL: I’m sorry, I thought it would help you get to sleep!
JAMIE: I don’t need help getting to sleep, which is why I don’t need to be here.
PAUL: All right, come on, just for one night, all right?
JAMIE: I would so much rather be at disco night.
PAUL: It’ll be all right.
JAMIE: What? Are you kidding me?
PAUL: I’m sorry, I thought it would help you get to sleep!
JAMIE: I don’t need help getting to sleep, which is why I don’t need to be here.
PAUL: All right, come on, just for one night, all right?
| to sound strange | parecer extraño. Para aprender otras formas de decir extraño, vea Ways of saying strange. |
| to look good | lucir bien |
| I would rather be | Perferiría estar |
| all right | bien, en orden. También puede escribirse alright. |
| Are you kidding me? | Estás bromeando? |
| to help somebody do something | ayudar a alguien a hacer algo |
| to get to sleep | dormirse |
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