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Learn with JOEY
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 'Joey and the Perfect Storm'
GINA: Hey, do you want a beer?
JOEY: No, no. I have an audition in an hour with this great theater company. I have to memorize a monologue from Shakespeare’s Richard III.
GINA: Oh, how’s that going?
JOEY: Bad.
GINA: Why would you even want to do Shakespeare?
JOEY: Well, this could be a great opportunity for me, you know? Really turn things around. Get people to look at me as a serious actor. Plus I get to wear a crown.
JOEY: No, no. I have an audition in an hour with this great theater company. I have to memorize a monologue from Shakespeare’s Richard III.
GINA: Oh, how’s that going?
JOEY: Bad.
GINA: Why would you even want to do Shakespeare?
JOEY: Well, this could be a great opportunity for me, you know? Really turn things around. Get people to look at me as a serious actor. Plus I get to wear a crown.
| audition | prueba, audición |
| theater | teatro. Es importante aclarar que en inglés americano se escribe theater mientras que en inglés británico se escribe theatre. |
| to turn things around | dar vuelta las cosas |
| plus | además |
| crown | corona |
JOEY: Hey, Michael.
MICHAEL: Oh, hey, Joey. How did the audition go today?
JOEY: Ah, I didn’t get it. I’m gonna be the understudy.
MICHAEL: That’s great!
JOEY: Uh, Michael, I don’t know what that means in rocket-science business, but in show business it means you suck.
MICHAEL: You’re looking at this in the wrong way. If the lead actor gets sick, you’re in. This is an opportunity. You just need to be ready to seize it when your moment comes.
MICHAEL: Oh, hey, Joey. How did the audition go today?
JOEY: Ah, I didn’t get it. I’m gonna be the understudy.
MICHAEL: That’s great!
JOEY: Uh, Michael, I don’t know what that means in rocket-science business, but in show business it means you suck.
MICHAEL: You’re looking at this in the wrong way. If the lead actor gets sick, you’re in. This is an opportunity. You just need to be ready to seize it when your moment comes.
| gonna | Forma coloquial de going to (ir a) |
| understudy | suplente (de un actor) |
| to suck | Literalmente significa chupar, aspirar. Coloquialmente se utiliza para significar apestar, ser malo en algo. |
| in the wrong way | del modo equivocado |
| lead actor | actor principal. Lead se usa para indicar que es el más importante, que lidera. Con el mismo sentido, se dice a lead role (un papel principal en el cine o teatro), a lead singer (un solista). |
| to get sick | enfermarse. To be sick es estar enfermo. |
| to seize an opportunity | aprovechar una oportunidad |
ALEX: Hi, guys.
JOEY: Oh, hey.
ALEX: Uh, do you know what’s been happening to the “For Rent” signs I’ve been putting up?
JOEY: Yeah, yeah. We’ve been taking them down and tearing them up.
ALEX: And why have you been doing that?
MICHAEL: Because if my mom finds out there’s an apartment here, she’ll want to move in immediately.
ALEX: Oh, well, that might be okay. We’re getting along pretty well.
JOEY: Really? You think you’d want her as a tenant?
JOEY: Oh, hey.
ALEX: Uh, do you know what’s been happening to the “For Rent” signs I’ve been putting up?
JOEY: Yeah, yeah. We’ve been taking them down and tearing them up.
ALEX: And why have you been doing that?
MICHAEL: Because if my mom finds out there’s an apartment here, she’ll want to move in immediately.
ALEX: Oh, well, that might be okay. We’re getting along pretty well.
JOEY: Really? You think you’d want her as a tenant?
| to put up | colocar, colgar |
| to take down | quitar, bajar |
| to tear up | romper, hacer pedazos |
| to move in | mudarse, instalarse |
| to get along | llevarse bien |
| tenant | inquilino, la persona que alquila. El dueño del inmueble en alquiler se llama landlord (si es un hombre) o landlady (si es una mujer). |
BOBBIE: Joey, thank you for coming. Listen, the reason that I called -
JOEY: No, no, you didn’t call me. I called you.
BOBBIE: Oh, good. I was just about to make something up.
JOEY: Okay, look Bobbie, I got a real problem and I need your help. I took an understudy role in this play -
BOBBIE: Oh, no, I hate plays!
JOEY: That’s not the problem.
BOBBIE: Oh, it gets worse?
JOEY: Well, I signed up to understudy in three different plays, and they all want me to go tonight.
JOEY: No, no, you didn’t call me. I called you.
BOBBIE: Oh, good. I was just about to make something up.
JOEY: Okay, look Bobbie, I got a real problem and I need your help. I took an understudy role in this play -
BOBBIE: Oh, no, I hate plays!
JOEY: That’s not the problem.
BOBBIE: Oh, it gets worse?
JOEY: Well, I signed up to understudy in three different plays, and they all want me to go tonight.
| to make something up | inventar algo |
| to hate | odiar |
| a play | obra de teatro, pieza |
| worse | peor. Es el comparativo de bad. Para aprender más, ver Comparativos y Superlativos. |
| to get worse | empeorar |
| to sign up | inscribirse, alistarse |
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