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[English]

Why do you have a copy of The Shining in

your freezer? Oh, I was reading it last

night and I got scared. So,

but uh you're safe from it if it's in

the freezer. Well,

safer, you know. I mean, I never start

reading The Shining without making sure

we got plenty of room in the freezer,

you know.

How often do you read it? Haven't you

ever read the same book over and over

again?

Well, um I guess I read Little Women

more than once, but I mean that's a

classic. What's so great about The

Shining? The question should be, Ra,

what is not so great about The

Shining. Okay. And the answer would be

nothing. All right. This is like the

scariest book ever. I bet it's way

better than that classic of yours.

Okay. Uh well, we'll just see about

that. Okay. I will read The Shining and

you will read Little Women. All right.

You got it. All right. Okay. Okay. And

now Ra these uh these little women.

Yeah.

How little are they? I mean, are they

like scary little?

Beth is really really sick. Oh.

Joe's there, but I don't think there's

anything she could do.

Joey. Yeah. You want to put the book in

the freezer?

Okay. Okay. You have to read this book.

It's called Be Your Own Wind Keeper.

It's about how women need to become more

empowered. Yeah. And Oh, and but there's

there's wind.

And the wind can make us goddesses. But

do you know who takes our wind? Men.

They just take

it. The men just take our wind. Yeah.

All the time. Cuz they are the lightning

bearers.

Wow. Yeah.

Well, that sounds kind of cool. It's

kind of like The Hobbit. It is nothing

like The

Hobbit. It's like reading about every

relationship I've ever had, except for

Richard. Oh, yes. No. Richard would

never steal your wind. No. No. Cuz he's

yummy. Yes.

But all the other ones. Oh, yes. Oh, and

the part about how they're always like

drinking from our pool of inner power.

But god forbid we should take a sip.

Anybody want a crower? Okay. This is a

typical lightning bearer thing right

there. It's like, um, hello. Who wants

one of my phallic shaped man cakes? I

will be doing a dramatic reading of one

of Emma's books. Oh, okay. Which one?

Uh, well, it's uh one of her

favorites. Riding the storm out, coping

with postpartum

depression. Love you forever.

Love you Forever by Robert Munch,

published by Firefly Books, printed in

Mexico. A mother held her new baby and

very slowly rocked him back and forth,

back and forth, back and forth. And

while she held him, she sang, "I'll love

you forever.

I'll like you for always. As long as I'm

living, my baby you'll

be. And while he rocked her, he sang,

"I'll love you forever. I'll like you

for always. As long as I'm living, my

baby, you'll be."

Wow,

that was amazing. Thank you so much for

that gift.

I was not ready for this today.

You guys have any wrapping paper? Oh, is

it for my birthday present? Feebs. It

was your birthday like months ago. Yeah,

but remember you said you ordered

something special. It just hadn't come

yet.

Well, I have a call in about that.

Actually, this is for uh Kathy's

birthday. It's an early edition of her

favorite book. Oh, the Velvetine Rabbit.

Oh my god. When the boy's love makes the

rabbit real. Okay, but don't touch it

because your fingers have destructive

oils.

Well, then you better keep it away from

Ross' hair.

So, this is pretty rare. How did you get

that? Oh, it wasn't a big deal. I just

went to a couple of bookstores, talked

to a couple of dealers, called a couple

of the author's grandchildren.

That's so sweet. Yeah. And what a great

way to say I secretly love you,

roommates's girlfriend.

It doesn't say that,

does it? How do you think it's going to

look when you get her something

incredibly meaningful and expensive and

her boyfriend Joey gives her an orange?

Why are we here? Okay. Okay. Take a

guess.

The hot chicks.

Okay. Okay. I was uh typing names into

the library computer earlier, you know,

you know, for fun. And I typed mine in

and uh guess what came up? my doctoral

dissertation. It's here. Yeah, right.

It's right down here in the biggest

library in the university. Ah, that's

actually pretty cool. Yeah. Oh. Um,

there's also a book here by a woman

named Wendy Vagina.

What is that?

Sounds like two people are really

enjoying the Dewey decimal system.

I'm so sorry.

You didn't bring me here to do that, did

you?

Excuse me. Hi, I'm a professor here. Do

you know the paleontology section, fifth

floor, stack 437? Well, yes. Just give

me 5 minutes. I just have to find

someone to cover my shift.

No, no,

no. Can I speak to someone in charge,

please?

How can I help you? Hi, I was wondering

is it possible to increase security in

the paleontology section? See, I I wrote

a book that's up there and instead of

reading it, people are are well, they're

rolling around in front of

it. We are aware of the problem you're

referring to.

But as far as increasing security, I'm

afraid the library is very understaffed.

I I can't help you.

Well, fine. Fine. If if I'm the only

person with any appreciation of the

sanctity of the written word, then I'll

go up there and defend it

myself. And don't you follow me.

[Music]

Yes. Yes. How can I help you? Yeah, we

we were just looking around. Oh. Oh,

you're your fellow scholars. What

exactly were you looking for? Hm.

Perhaps uh perhaps Dr. Chester Stocks

musings on the Smileadin Californicus.

Ah, get out of

here. I'm meeting someone. Or or are you

just here to brush up on Mariam's views

on evolution?

Um, actually, I find Mariam's views far

too progressionist.

I find Miriam's views far too

progressionist.

I'm sorry. Who are you? I'm a professor

here. Uh, Ross Geller. Ross Geller? Why

do I know that name? It's a

Wait, did you write this?

Yes. You're the person who checked out

my book.

You know, you look nothing like I would

have thought. You're you're so young.

Well, I uh I skipped fourth grade.

I am

very very sorry.

Sure. Have a lot of books about being a

lesbian.

Well, you know, you you have to take a

course.

Otherwise, they don't let you do it.

Hey, hey, Yurt the Turtle, a classic.

Actually, I I'm reading it to the baby.

The uh the baby that hasn't been born

yet. Uh wouldn't that mean you're crazy?

What? You don't think they can hear

sounds in there?

You're not serious. I mean, do you you

really you really talk to it? Yeah, all

the time. I want the baby to know my

voice.

Do you uh do you talk about me? Yeah.

Yeah. All the time. Really? But um we

just refer to you as Bobo the sperm guy.

Bronte sisters were really remarkable

women for their time. They lived in a

patriarchal society. Sorry I'm late, but

I left late.

Okay. So, what is the book about? I

thought you said you read it in high

school. Well, yeah, but then I

remembered I started it and then there

was this pep rally and I was I was on

top of the pyramid. But anyway, um

what's the book about? Okay. It's this

tragic love story between Kathy and

Heathcliffe and um it takes place on

these like really creepy moors in

England which I think represent the

wildness of Heath Cliff's character. I

totally get symbolism.

How would you characterize the theme of

this book? Uh let's see. Rachel Green.

Um well, I would have to say that it's a

it's a tragic love story. Well, that's

sort of a given, but yes. Anyone else?

Oh, oh, oh. Symbolism

and uh the the uh wildness of the moors,

which I think is is mirrored in the

wildness of uh Heath Cliff's character.

Excellent. What Rachel has shrewdly

observed here.

You completely stole my answer. What?

Honey, that was pretty obvious. How

would you know? You didn't even read it.

What do you think? Uh, you in the blue

shirt.

I think that um yours is a question with

many possible answers.

Would you care to venture one? Would you

care to venture one?

Are you just repeating what I'm saying?

Are you just repeating what I'm saying?

Check this out. It says here there's a

place you can go to rent videos of all

the museums. It's almost as good as

being there. It's better. You can't go

to a museum in your underwear.

Well, you could, but probably just the

one time.

I bet we could get videos of all the

sites, get a VCR in our hotel room. We'd

never even have to go

outside. If we do that, we've got to

rent Die Hard.

Oh, I bet the British version is good.

Hey, what are you guys What are you guys

talking about? Nothing. Yeah.

Damn, this coffee is cold. Hey, Ra, do

you mind if I heat this up on your

loins?

You know, I cannot believe you told him,

Joey.

So, I guess you bought that book after

we broke up, huh? Uh-huh. Yeah, I did

because I wore out my first copy when I

was with you.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, uh, when we were

going out, I read tons of porno

magazines.

What's up,

boss? How could you do that to an old

man?

Excuse me, ladies.

[Music]

I'm sorry. I thought maybe I'd make some

warm milk and it would help me sleep

with a walk.

Thought you were going to read my boring

book to put you to sleep. It got

interesting. Damn you, Oprah.

Here, let me make the milk. I'm up

anyway. Hey, you know what we could do?

You know, now that we're up, we could

just like talk to each other all night

long. You know, like we did when we were

first going out. It would be fun. Okay,

that does sound fun. Yeah. So, I mean,

how bummed were you when the second

sister died? Huh? The second sister

dies.

No, no. I I I was talking about the book

I was reading. The Second Sister Dies in

Archie and Jug Head Double Digest.

That's correct.

Hey, Ra. How you doing with the shining?

Oh, Danny just went into room 217. Ooh,

the next part's the best. When that dead

lady in the bathtub. Oh, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no. Come on. You're going to

ruin it. All right, I'll talk in code.

Remember when the kid sees those two

blanks in the hallway?

That's very cool.

All blank and no blank makes blank a

blank blank.

Oh, no, no, no. The end. When Jack

almost kills them all with that blank,

but then in the last second they get

away.

Joey, I can't believe you just did that.

I can't believe she cracked your code.

[Applause]

All right. Okay. Lorie proposes to Joe

and she says no, even though she's still

in love with him. And then he ends up

marrying Amy.

Hey, mine was by accident.

All right. The boiler explodes and

destroys the hotel and kills the dad.

Beth dies.

[Applause]

Beth Beth dies.

Is that true? If I keep reading, is Beth

going to die?

No. Beth doesn't die. She doesn't die.

Does she Rachel? What? Joey's asking if

you've just ruined the first book he's

ever loved that didn't star Jack

Nicholson.

What's wrong? I'm just so exhausted from

dragging around this huge engagement

ring.

Congratulations. So, did he get on one

knee? Did Did he have a speech prepared?

Oh, did he cry?

Yeah, big surprise. I like proposals.

Well, it was really sweet and like the

most romantic thing ever. Well, hey.

Well, here's to Phoebe who's found the

greatest guy in the world. To Phoebe and

I want to say Mike.

To Phoebe and Mike.

Thank you. Oh, and I have something for

you. It's Yeah, it's my little black

book. It's got the numbers of all the

guys I've dated.

Oh, that's nice. But you know what? I

think I'm okay. Why don't you give it to

one of your other single girlfriends? I

would, but you're the last

one. Give me the

book. Pablo Diaz, Brady

Smith, guy in van. Oh, my first love.

What is the red X next to Bob Grieor's

name mean? Dead.

Oh, it's okay. No, he was old. Yeah. And

he lived a full life. He was in the

first wave at Omaha Beach.

Yeah, I'm sorry. I should have given you

guys my black book when I got married.

Although it wasn't so much a book as a

napkin with Janice's phone number on it.

See Joe, that's why your parents told

you not to jump on the bed.

Hey. Hey. Oh, is it broken? No. I'm

going to wear this thing for a couple of

weeks. Did you tell the doctor you did

it jumping up and down on your bed? No.

Had a whole story worked up, but then uh

Chandler sold me out. Well, I'm sorry,

Joe. I didn't think the doctor was going

to buy that. It just fell out of the

socket.

Question number 28. Have you ever

allowed a lightning bearer to take your

wind?

I would have to say

no. And I would have to say paha.

What? Do you not remember the puppet

guy? Yeah, you like totally let him wash

his feet in the pool of your inner

power.

And his puppet, too. Yeah. Okay. Well,

at least I didn't let some guy into the

forest of my righteous truth on the

first date.

[Applause]

Who? Paul? Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

Moving on. Moving on. Next question.

Okay. Number 29. Have you ever betrayed

another

goddess for a lightning bearer? Okay.

Number 30. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's go

back to 29.

Not uh not to my recollection.

All right. Danny Arshack, ninth grade.

Oh, come on, Rachel. You know the bottle

was totally pointing at me. Only cuz you

took up half the circle.

Listen to you two. It's so

sad. Looks like I'm going to be going to

the goddess meetings

alone. Well, not when they find out you

slept with Jason Hurley an hour after he

broke up with

Monica. One hour. You are such a leaf

blower.

I tell you, I love your mom's books. I

love her books. I cannot get on a plane

without one. I mean, this is so cool.

Yeah. Well, you wouldn't think it's cool

if you're 11 years old and all your

friends are passing around page 79 of

Mistress

Hey, hey, hey. She's on.

Ah, thanking.

Before we get to the book now, now what

is this about you? You being arrested in

London. What is that all about? Your mom

was arrested. Shh. Busy beaming with

pride.

This is kind of embarrassing, but

occasionally after I've been intimate

with the man. Now, why would she say

that's embarrassing?

I just get this craving for Kungpow

chicken. That's too much information.

[Applause]

All right. So, now you're doing this

whole book tour thing. How is that

going? Oh, fine. I'm leaving for New

York tomorrow, which I hate, but I get

to see my son, who I love.

And this is the way that I find out.

Most moms use the phone.

You know, don't take this wrong. I I

just don't see you as a mom somehow. I

don't mean that I don't mean that bad.

Oh, no. I am a fabulous mom. I brought

my son his first condoms.

And then he burst into flames. She's my

best friend. Well, Joey's my best

friend. I'm not your best friend.

You just said,

"Of course you're my best friend. Would

you please tell Rachel, though? All

right. All right. At least I'm prepared.

Okay.

Oh, yes. Hey. Hey. Hey. These aren't for

you. Are you upset? I am now.

Hey, room me. Okay. Bye.

Ra, there's something um important I

have to tell you. Are you pregnant?

No, but I'm throwing the shirt away.

I think there was a little

misunderstanding before um when I said

that uh that Chandler and I wanted to um

live

together, we meant alone

together. Oh my god. Oh, that's funny. I

can't believe I did that. Oh no,

sweetie. No. You know what? This is my

fault. I I wasn't clear. I I'm really

sorry. And listen, you take as much time

as you need to move out, okay? There's

absolutely no rush,

okay?

[Music]

What is that? I think it's the dying cat

parade.

Sounds like it's coming from across the

street.

Oh my god.

What? You know that thing that Ross was

going to do at our wedding? He was

hanging out with me yesterday and he

turned to me and he said, "You're half

Scottish, right?" No, there is no way to

not be Ross.

[Music]

Why is your family Scottish?

Why is your family Ross?

You cannot play at our wedding. I mean,

everyone will leave. I mean, come on.

That is just

noise. It's not even a song.

If you listen very carefully, I

think it's celebration by calling the

gang.

[Music]

Well, I feel like a snack. Do you want

some shortbread? It's Scottish like you

are.

Oh, no thanks. I don't like anything

from my Scottish heritage. What?

Well, just my entire family was run out

of Scotland

by Vikings.

Well, it sounds to me like your family

is ready to uh rediscover its Scottish

roots. You can't play bag pipes at the

wedding.

How did you know about that? We heard

you play all the way from your

apartment. Were you the ones who called

the cops?

That's not really important right now.

What is important is while we appreciate

the gesture, we just don't feel that bag

pipes are appropriate for our wedding.

Why not? Because we hate them. Just just

give me a chance to perform for you and

then decide whatever you want. And I'm

not going to tell you what song I'm

going to play either, but uh let's just

say when it's over, I'll bet there will

be a wee bit of

celebration. Remember, I'm still

[Music]

learning. One, two, three, four.

[Applause]

[Music]

You know the song. Sing along.

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

So,

no.

What you working on? Oh, Monica and

Chandler's recommendation. I want it to

sound smart, but I don't know any big

words or anything. So, well, why don't

you use your thesaurus? What did I just

say?

Watch

here. You uh you highlight the word you

want to change. Uh go under tools and

the thesaurus generates

gives gives a whole list of choices. You

can pick the word that sounds smartest.

Oh my god, that's great. I'm smart. No,

no, I'm brainy, bright, clever. I love

this

thing. Look out, ladies. Joey Trivia's

got the whole package.

Joey, let me ask you a question. This

has been driving me crazy. What does

this light switch do? Oh, nothing. Did

it drive you crazy to have a switch and

not know what it did? I know what it

did. Nothing.

They wouldn't have put it there if it

didn't do something. How can you not

care? Like this.

Done. Yep. Hey. Hey. What's up? This

switch thing has been driving me crazy.

So, I turned it off and checked every

outlet. Now, four of them don't work,

which means one of them has to be

controlled by the switch. So, I plugged

in things in all four outlets that that

make noise. That way, when I turn it on,

I just follow the noise and find out

which one it is.

I better stop listening before you did.

You know, you you also could have used

uh lamps and then followed the light.

Yeah. while I'm using

noise. Okay. All right. So, everybody

ready? Here we

go. Something. I hear something. Where

is

it? It's coming from

Joey. Oh my god. That's so freaky. Turn

him off.

Hi. Hi.

What are What are What are these? Oh,

just some pictures I made and hung up.

Thought they brighten up the place. They

do, don't you think?

No, no, no, no.

I I know that there's no hole there. I I

just really like that picture.

Oh my god, look at this. Okay, but there

is a wire back there. I mean, that

switch is connected to something. I

don't care. The wires have come loose in

your

head. I just thought if I could follow

the wire, I could find out what it did.

And did you?

No. It disappears back there behind that

baseboard. A minute there, I thought it

went

downstairs, but it

didn't. Say hello to Mrs. Katraus. Oh my

god. Hello, darling. Hello, Mrs.

Katraus.

[Music]

The super couldn't figure out what it

did. The $200 an hour electrician

couldn't figure out what it did.

I've had seven pretty serious

shocks. I officially give up. Thank God.

Guess Joey was

right. It does

nothing. I'm doing it. I am totally

doing it.

[Music]

I lost it.

[Music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
shining ˈʃaɪnɪŋ A2	noun - a novel by Stephen King
freezer ˈfriːzər A1	noun - a device used to freeze food
scared skɛrd A1	adjective - feeling fear
safer ˈseɪfər A1	adjective - more protected from danger
classic ˈklæsɪk A2	noun - a book or film considered of high quality and lasting value
empowered ɛmˈpaʊərd B1	adjective - having the power or authority to do something
goddess ˈɡɑːdəs A2	noun - a female deity
lightning ˈlaɪtnɪŋ A1	noun - a sudden electrical discharge in the atmosphere
postpartum poʊstˈpɑːrtəm B2	adjective - relating to the period after childbirth
engagement ɛnˈɡeɪdʒmənt A2	noun - a promise to marry
proposal prəˈpoʊzəl A2	noun - an offer of marriage
symbolism ˈsɪmbəlɪzəm B2	noun - the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities
tragic ˈtrædʒɪk A2	adjective - causing great sadness or suffering
patriarchal peɪtriˈɑːrkəl B2	adjective - relating to a society or system dominated by men
symbol ˈsɪmbəl A2	noun - something that represents an idea, quality, or process

Key Grammar Structures

• Why do you have a copy of The Shining in your freezer?

  ➔ Indirect Question, Present Simple

  ➔ The sentence uses 'do you have' to form an indirect question, making it more polite. 'Have' is in the present simple to describe a current state.

• Well, safer, you know. I mean, I never start reading The Shining without making sure we got plenty of room in the freezer, you know.

  ➔ Comparative Adjective, Modal Verb + Infinitive, Colloquial Fillers

  ➔ "Safer" is a comparative adjective. "Making sure" uses the modal verb 'make' + infinitive. 'You know' and 'I mean' are common colloquial fillers.

• What's so great about The Shining? The question should be, Ra, what is not so great about The Shining.

  ➔ Rhetorical Question, Subjunctive Mood (should be)

  ➔ The first sentence is a rhetorical question. The second uses 'should be' to express a suggestion or a different way of framing the question, implying the speaker believes there's nothing great about the book.

• It's like reading about every relationship I've ever had, except for Richard.

  ➔ Simile, Exclusion

  ➔ The sentence uses 'like' to create a simile, comparing the book to the speaker's past relationships. 'Except for Richard' creates an exclusion, highlighting Richard as a positive exception.

• And the part about how they're always like drinking from our pool of inner power. But god forbid we should take a sip.

  ➔ Metaphor, Subjunctive Mood (god forbid), Indirect Speech

  ➔ "Pool of inner power" is a metaphor. "God forbid we should take a sip" uses the subjunctive mood to express a strong prohibition or unlikely event. The structure 'should take' is common in formal or emphatic statements.