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[English]

Your parents caught Ross smoking pot in

college and he blamed it on me.

Ross, I can't believe you do that.

The reason we haven't told them we're

together is because they hate me. Okay.

So, will you fix this?

Okay. Okay. I'll tell them it wasn't

Chandler who got high. Okay. Now, who

should I say it was?

You. It's not like it's a big deal. You

You don't still do it or anything.

All right. All right. Now, now who

should I say tricked me into doing it?

Let's go.

Oh, yeah. About telling mom and dad. I

was thinking about maybe writing a

letter.

All right. You know what? That's it.

You've had your chance.

What?

Mom, Dad, Ross smoked pot in college.

What?

You are such a tattletail.

Mom, Dad,

you remember that that time you walked

in my room and smelled marijuana?

Yes.

Yes.

Well, I told you it was Chandler who was

smoking the pot, but

it was me. I'm sorry.

It was you. And dad, you know that

mailman that you got fired didn't steal

your Playboys? Ross did.

[Laughter]

Yeah. Well, Hurricane Gloria didn't

break the porch swing. Monica did.

Ross hasn't worked at the museum for a

year.

Monica and Chandler are living together.

boss married Rachel in Vegas and got

divorced again.

That's a lot of information to get in 30

seconds.

All right, Monica. Why you felt you had

to hide the fact that you're in an

important relationship is beyond me.

And we kind of figured about the porch

swing.

RS drugs divorced again.

What happened, son? I I uh I got tricked

into all those things.

Chandler,

you've been Ross's best friend all these

years, stuck by him during the drug

problems,

and now you've taken on Monica as well.

Well, I don't know what to say. You're a

wonderful human being.

Thank you.

No, thank you.

Monica and Ross, I don't know what I'm

going to do about the two of you.

I'll talk to them.

[Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
smoking ˈsməʊkɪŋ A1	verb - to inhale and exhale smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe
blamed bleɪmd A2	verb - to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad
together təˈɡeθər A1	adverb - in or into one place, group, or arrangement
fix fɪks A1	verb - to repair or mend something that is broken or not working properly
tricked trɪkt A2	verb - to deceive or fool someone
writing ˈraɪtɪŋ A1	noun - the activity or skill of writing
tattletail ˈtætəlˌteɪl B1	noun - a person who tells on others, especially to get them into trouble
marijuana ˌmærɪˈwɑːnə B1	noun - a drug made from the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant
fired ˈfaɪərd A2	verb - to dismiss someone from their job
divorced dɪˈvɔːrst A2	verb - to legally end a marriage
important ɪmˈpɔːrtənt A2	adjective - of great significance or value
relationship rɪˈleɪʃənʃɪp A2	noun - the way in which two or more people or things are connected
wonderful ˈwʌndərfl A2	adjective - extremely good or pleasing

Key Grammar Structures

• I can't believe you do that.

  ➔ Present simple after the verb 'believe' (negative modal) to express surprise.

  ➔ The phrase "you do" shows the present simple used after "can't believe" to express surprise.

• Now, who should I say tricked me into doing it?

  ➔ Interrogative with modal verb 'should' + infinitive; indirect question.

  ➔ "should I say" is the modal + infinitive structure used to ask for advice in an indirect question.

• I was thinking about maybe writing a letter.

  ➔ Past continuous + gerund after preposition "about"; expresses ongoing thought in the past.

  ➔ The gerund "writing" follows the preposition "about" and shows the activity being considered.

• You've had your chance.

  ➔ Present perfect (have/has + past participle) to indicate a completed action affecting the present.

  ➔ "You've had" is the contracted form of "you have had" showing present perfect.

• It was you. And dad, you know that mailman that you got fired didn't steal your Playboys? Ross did.

  ➔ Past simple for identification; tag question; ellipsis in short answer "Ross did".

  ➔ "Ross did" is an elliptical short answer where the verb "steal" is understood from the previous clause.

• Monica and Chandler are living together.

  ➔ Present continuous for a temporary situation.

  ➔ "are living" uses the verb "be" + present participle to show an ongoing arrangement.

• You've been Ross's best friend all these years, stuck by him during the drug problems, and now you've taken on Monica as well.

  ➔ Present perfect continuous (have been + V‑ing) showing duration up to now; past participle "stuck" as a reduced clause.

  ➔ "You've been" is the contracted form of "you have been" forming the present perfect continuous.

• Well, I don't know what to say.

  ➔ Infinitive clause "what to say" after verb "know"; expresses uncertainty about the appropriate response.

  ➔ "what to say" is the object of "know" and uses the infinitive "to say".

• It's not like it's a big deal.

  ➔ Comparative structure "not like" to negate a comparison; informal idiom.

  ➔ "not like" negates the idea that "it is a big deal".