F2F Class Notes 28th December (Celeste)***

1. Review the upgraded vocabulary below. Be prepared to make example sentences in your next class.

2. Write a summary about an episode of Friends. Upload it in your next class.

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Playing Poker
Rachel hated being a waitress and was sick of being called”Excuse me”, so she sent many resumes out for interviews. A few days later, she got/scored an interview from Saks Fifth Avenue.

In Central Perk Cafe, Ross, Joey and Chandler were talking about playing poker last night. Monica, Phoebe and Rachel asked why didn’t anybody invite them. They wanted to play poker as well. The men/guys hesitated but agreed to teach them. Later in Monica’s apartment, they started to deal the cards and play for real. But at last, all of the women/Monica, Phoebe and Rachel lost and had to pay the men/guys money. The next day Monica asked her Aunt Iris to teach them how to play poker. They learned many poker game skills and even could shuffle the cards very well. But they lost again when they played with Ross, Joey and Chandler.

What’s worse, Rachel received a phone call and was told she didn’t get the job when they were playing in the third round. She felt rather depressed and disappointed so she went on playing the game more crazily. Ross wanted to make Rachel happy and deliberately lost to her.

Finally, Rachel won the game. She opened a bottle of wine and cheered with Monica and Phoebe. She was very excited and even forgot about the bad interview.

Upgraded Vocabulary

Playing Poker
Rachel hated being a server and was sick of being called”Excuse me”, so she sent many resumes out for interviews. A few days later, she got/scored an interview from Saks Fifth Avenue.

In Central Perk Cafe, Ross, Joey and Chandler were bragging about playing poker last night. Monica, Phoebe and Rachel demanded why didn’t anybody invite them. They wanted to play poker as well. The men/guys hesitated but agreed to teach them. Later in Monica’s apartment, they started to deal the cards and play for real. But at last, all of the women/Monica, Phoebe and Rachel lost and had to cough up/fork over/hand over/pay up the money.  The next day Monica asked her Aunt Iris to teach them how to play poker. They learned many skills and even could shuffle the cards very well. But they lost again when they played against the guys.

What’s worse, Rachel received a phone call and was told she didn’t get hired when they were playing in the third round. She felt rather depressed and disappointed so she went on playing the game like a mad/crazy/wild woman. Ross wanted to cheer Rachel up/make her smile/put a smile on her face, so he deliberately lost to her.

Finally, Rachel beat everyone. She popped open a bottle of wine and cheered with Monica and Phoebe. She was very thrilled and even forgot about her loss.

Vocabulary

waitress (female) waiter (male) – server (both)

brag/ bragging / bragged / will brag v. – to use boastful language; boast

eg. Celeste bragged about traveling the world at a young age.

eg. Abby bragged to her friends about a Christmas party.

demand / demanding / demanded / will demand v. – strongly ask

eg. Monica demanded why she couldn’t get promoted to her boss.

fork sth over / cough up / hand over / pay up– to give something to someone. (Usually refers to money.)

eg. Celeste broke the printer at work. She needed to fork over the money o get it fixed.

eg. Joey coughed up the money to Chandler which he owed from before.

get the job = get hired / getting hired / got hired / will get hired

eg. Celeste got hired at SE.

eg. I had/went to interviews but I didn’t get hired.

to beat / beating / beat / will beat v. –  to win

eg. Celeste beat everyone at football.

eg. She beat the cooking competition.

thrilled – sudden excitement

eg. Celeste was thrilled to go home.

eg. I was thrilled to have a long holiday.