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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.
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From the episode 'The Wedding'
BARNEY: Ted, have you ignored all my teachings?
TED: For the most part, yeah.
BARNEY: You don't bring a date to a wedding. That's like bringing a deer carcass on a hunting trip. Oh, Ted, oh, Ted, no, no date.
TED: Deer carcass, really? That's the metaphor you're going for?
BARNEY: Ted, it's a simile.
TED: Well, it's too late now. If I don't bring a date, a $200 piece of chicken-slash-salmon will go uneaten. I gotta bring someone, but who?
TED: For the most part, yeah.
BARNEY: You don't bring a date to a wedding. That's like bringing a deer carcass on a hunting trip. Oh, Ted, oh, Ted, no, no date.
TED: Deer carcass, really? That's the metaphor you're going for?
BARNEY: Ted, it's a simile.
TED: Well, it's too late now. If I don't bring a date, a $200 piece of chicken-slash-salmon will go uneaten. I gotta bring someone, but who?
| teachings | enseñanzas |
| for the most part | la mayor parte, casi todo |
| yeah | Forma coloquial de yes (sí) |
| date | En este caso, significa cita. To bring a date es llevar a alguien, ir acompañado. |
| wedding | boda, (ceremonia de) casamiento. Marriage se refiere al estado o relación de matrimonio. Para aprender más, ver Wedding or marriage? |
| deer | ciervo, venado |
| carcass | cuerpo de un animal muerto |
| hunting trip | cacería, expedición para cazar animales |
| slash | Es el nombre del símbolo "/". Aquí se hace referencia a las opciones del menú: chicken / salmon. |
| to go uneaten | quedar sin comer |
| gotta | Forma coloquial de have got to (tener que) |
TED: Hey, how's it going?
CLAUDIA: My wedding's in two days, that's how it's going.
TED: Oh, don't worry, it's gonna be great. I'm so excited.
CLAUDIA: You should be, lots of single girls.
TED: Oh, well, yeah, I'm bringing a date, so I'll be off the market.
CLAUDIA: What?
TED: I'm bringing a date.
CLAUDIA: You're not bringing a date.
TED: Uh, yes, I am.
CLAUDIA: Uh, no, you're not.
TED: I checked 'plus one'.
CLAUDIA: No, you didn't.
TED: Claudia, I'm pretty sure I checked.
CLAUDIA: Ted, you did not check 'plus one', you are not bringing a date to my wedding.
TED: But I already invited someone.
CLAUDIA: You are not bringing a guest, Ted. The guest list has been closed for months. Months!
TED: But I checked 'plus one'. I always check 'plus one'.
CLAUDIA: You absolutely did not check 'plus one'. If you had checked 'plus one', I would have called you to get the name of your guest, so I could get the guest cards printed up. Did I call you to get the name of your guest? Is there a place card with her name card printed on it?
TED: She doesn't need a place card, she knows her name.
CLAUDIA: What's she eating? You ordered the chicken, what did she order? Do you see how your story is full of holes?
TED: Come on, Claudia, we go way back. Isn't there room for just one more person?
CLAUDIA: Don't make me hurt you Ted.
CLAUDIA: My wedding's in two days, that's how it's going.
TED: Oh, don't worry, it's gonna be great. I'm so excited.
CLAUDIA: You should be, lots of single girls.
TED: Oh, well, yeah, I'm bringing a date, so I'll be off the market.
CLAUDIA: What?
TED: I'm bringing a date.
CLAUDIA: You're not bringing a date.
TED: Uh, yes, I am.
CLAUDIA: Uh, no, you're not.
TED: I checked 'plus one'.
CLAUDIA: No, you didn't.
TED: Claudia, I'm pretty sure I checked.
CLAUDIA: Ted, you did not check 'plus one', you are not bringing a date to my wedding.
TED: But I already invited someone.
CLAUDIA: You are not bringing a guest, Ted. The guest list has been closed for months. Months!
TED: But I checked 'plus one'. I always check 'plus one'.
CLAUDIA: You absolutely did not check 'plus one'. If you had checked 'plus one', I would have called you to get the name of your guest, so I could get the guest cards printed up. Did I call you to get the name of your guest? Is there a place card with her name card printed on it?
TED: She doesn't need a place card, she knows her name.
CLAUDIA: What's she eating? You ordered the chicken, what did she order? Do you see how your story is full of holes?
TED: Come on, Claudia, we go way back. Isn't there room for just one more person?
CLAUDIA: Don't make me hurt you Ted.
| don't worry | no te preocupes |
| gonna | Forma coloquial de going to (ir a) |
| to be off the market | no estar disponible, no estar a la venta |
| to check 'plus one' | Se refiere al casillero que se incluye en las invitaciones donde se debe señalar si el invitado viene acompañado, o sea, es "uno más". |
| guest | invitado |
| place card | tarjeta de ubicación en la mesa |
| room | Aquí, significa lugar. |
MARSHALL: You know what, excuse me if I don't wanna get married barefoot
in the woods next to Lake No-one's-gonna-drive-that-far. Yes, I want a ballroom
and I want a band and I want shoes. I've been dreaming about this day since I
was like...
LILY: A little girl?
BARNEY: What's up?
MARSHALL: OK, I'm just saying, that it's my wedding too and I should have a say in it.
LILY: Yes, but I'm the bride, so I win.
MARSHALL: Well, I thought marriage was about two equal partners sharing a life together.
LILY: Right. But I'm the bride, so I win.
LILY: A little girl?
BARNEY: What's up?
MARSHALL: OK, I'm just saying, that it's my wedding too and I should have a say in it.
LILY: Yes, but I'm the bride, so I win.
MARSHALL: Well, I thought marriage was about two equal partners sharing a life together.
LILY: Right. But I'm the bride, so I win.
| wanna | Forma coloquial de want to (querer) |
| barefoot | descalzo |
| no one | nadie. No-one's-gonna-drive-that-far simula ser el nombre del lago, por eso las palabras están unidas con guiones. Significa Nadie va a conducir tan lejos. |
| ballroom | salón de baile |
| to have a say in something | tener voz y voto en algo |
| bride | novia (al momento de casarse). Novio se dice groom o bridegroom. Bridesmaid es la dama de honor. |
| to share something | compartir algo |
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