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[English]

this is ridiculous

do you have any idea what time we'll get

out of here nobody likes to work late

least of all me do you have plans

tonight

nope no I'm wrong you tell us not to

make plans because we are working yes I

remember this is BS this is BS why are

we here I am gonna call corporate enough

is enough I'm Scott I'm so mad this is

Michael Scott Scranton well we don't

want to work no we don't it's not fair

to these people these people are my

friends and I care about them we're not

gonna do it everybody I just got off the

Horn with corporate and basically I told

them where they could stick their little

overtime assignment go enjoy your Friday

thank you Michael all right maybe did I

think we should celebrate how about you

Pam me toss a little dinner dancing

drinks you said you didn't have plans

that's what you said and as for me and

my current romantic life I am single now

I'm looking so if you know anybody Jim

and I went to dinner a few times when he

got back from New York I talked him

through his breakup it's really nice to

be good friends again

are you kidding me Pam and Jim are

totally hooking up all they do is smile

they're just keeping it a secret right

I don't know there is no evidence of

intimacy if they've been in remarkably

good moods it could be other things are

you kidding me

and Sunday I'm thinking of going to that

flea market at the drive-in well that

sounds fun I'm mountain biking on Sunday

and montage mountain cool yeah that

plane was about Jim and Pam

no way what you guys are together yeah

yes yeah tell me was this your fun

little way of congratulating us yes yeah

China China Michael how was the Venice

it was great

China are you okay what's wrong

everything here was made in China Pamela

yeah it's where they make stuff they

used to make stuff in America Andy but

we're falling behind did you know that

China is a sleeping dragon that is just

beginning to stir Oh No

yeah right here it is right there

anybody read the news anymore China is

on the moon I found that in the waiting

room at the dentist's office this kid

had the magazine I wanted to read that's

the only one I could reach and I read it

and then I read it again my whole life I

believed that America was number one

that was the saying not America's number

two

England is number two China should be

like eight I say we bomb him by 2020

they're gonna be the world's largest

economy and they're getting a taste for

protein we'll all starve yeah twice

right we should drop them no he's not

right we're not where would we even drop

it Phyllis did you know that in China

there are 56 cities with over a million

people you know how many we have here

nine actually that's not true I know the

figure you're referring to and it's a

projection of 15 years from now thank

God no no that is right now Michael

China's agrarian urbanizing fast you

betcha but still agrarian most in terms

of land not population come on Michael

no no you're wrong about this where are

you getting this information I got it

from New York times.com Oh getting

nervous Oscar okay someone look it up my

MA no Jim

I'm on it guys it's not worth it really

guys this is not worth our time

are you watching us seriously well argue

I'm sitting right here got it China has

56 cities with a population of over 1

million

the US has nine suck it Oscar well on

the plus side all this worrying about

China has made you smarter than Oscar

Michael great I was wrong I'm wrong is

everyone happy

so I happen to know more than the

smartest guy in the office so what okay

we need an a-team a backup team and they

just have fun team so you guys all know

yourselves good timers follow me backups

go on kids you know you don't belong

here 18 okay all right everybody nice

self-awareness except

Hey oops - all right guys after nine

rounds let's check the scores in first

place with nine points it's Aesop's

foibles the quieren scene bears have

seven points dunder-mifflin a-team has

four points diem backup team has three

points the Einsteins have eight points

ladies gaga have five points so our best

chance of hitting our mark is now in the

hands and brains of Kevin Meredith Arin

and Kelly do I like these odds my answer

is no means the top three teams are

gonna finish it off in the speed round

so let's get everyone some bells in

third place we have the Einsteins oh

yeah second place we have the clearance

eat bears and first place is Aesop's

foibles yeah but they're gonna get

clobbered

bring it in when you know it first

question this man had a fatwa declared

on him

when Einstein what is it did my part

behaving just the pill girl hey sups

Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie is correct

heading out to sea sailors on a square

rigged ship the sail set furthest

forward is called what persisting do not

hit that Bell lying Jim client jab is

correct the Einsteins

[Applause]

according to a recent survey this is the

most common learning disability among

American adolescents boom

ADHD no the answer is that's correct for

the Einsteins sir

[Applause]

dial it back this is tail feathers final

round last two teams squaring off I hope

you're ready to play doctor our question

is about the health and the human body

oh come on the standard American analog

scale has a maximum capacity of what

weight 300 pounds point for the Einstein

here's your final question cinephiles

put on your memory brace this 2001

masterpiece from Jill parquet Brenner

explores the intricate dynamics of a

family in disarray if you talk I do feel

a let's go founder le papillon yes I'm

sorry no over the Einsteins hey Jolie's

chosen sure Marion Cotillard exposes

herself a number of times in that film

the incidence wouldn't look I know it's

easy to say tonight was just a fluke and

maybe it was but here's a piece of

trivia a fluke is one of the most common

fish in the sea so if you go fishing for

a fluke chances are you just might catch

one my whole life right here in

Lackawanna County

and unmoving I know this place I know

how many hospitals we have make schools

we have its home you know I know the

challenges counties up against here's

the thing about those discount suppliers

they don't care they come in they

undercut everything and they run us out

of business and then once we're all gone

you jack up the prices it's sad it's

terrible it it you know what it really

is up I don't know I guess I could give

you guys our business but you have to

meet me halfway okay because they're

expecting me to make cuts

well corporates gonna go ballistic but

either we could Jen

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ridiculous /ɹɪˈdʌkjələs/ A2	adjective - deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd
corporate /ˈkɔrəpərət/ B1	adjective - relating to a large company or corporation
overtime /ˈoʊvərtaɪm/ A2	noun - time worked beyond normal working hours
celebrate /ˈsɛləbreɪt/ A2	verb - to observe a notable occasion with festivities
romantic /roʊˈmæntɪk/ A2	adjective - characterized by expressions of love and affection
breakup /ˈbreɪkʌp/ A2	noun - the ending of a romantic relationship
intimacy /ˈɪntəməsi/ B1	noun - close familiarity or friendship; closeness
flea /fliː/ A1	noun - a small wingless parasitic insect
mountain /ˈmaʊntən/ A1	noun - a large natural elevation of the earth's surface
economy /ɪˈkɑnəmi/ B1	noun - the wealth and resources of a country or region
urbanizing /ˈɜrbəˌnaɪzɪŋ/ B2	verb - to make an area more urban
agrarian /əˈɡrɛriən/ B2	adjective - relating to farmland or agriculture
projection /prəˈdʒɛkʃən/ B2	noun - an estimate or forecast of future developments
trivia /ˈtrɪviə/ B1	noun - details or information of little importance or value
discount /dɪsˈkaʊnt/ A2	noun - a deduction from the usual cost of something
undercut /ˌʌndərˈkʌt/ B1	verb - to offer goods or services at a lower price than a competitor
ballistic /bəˈlɪstɪk/ B2	adjective - extremely angry or upset

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm gonna call corporate.

  ➔ Use of the 'be going to' construction (informally contracted to "gonna") to talk about a future intention.

  ➔ The word "gonna" is a colloquial contraction of "going to" that shows a future plan.

• We don't want to work, no we don't, it's not fair to these people.

  ➔ Negative present simple for habits/choices, plus the impersonal construction "it is not fair to...".

  ➔ "don't" shows the negative present simple, and "it's not fair to" uses the impersonal "it" subject.

• I told them where they could stick their little overtime assignment.

  ➔ Reported speech with a past‑tense reporting verb followed by a modal verb (could) to express past possibility/permission.

  ➔ "could" is the past‑tense modal verb that shows what was possible for them to do.

• Are you kidding me? Pam and Jim are totally hooking up; all they do is smile.

  ➔ Present continuous for a temporary ongoing action (are hooking up) and the idiom "all + subject + do is + verb" to emphasise a single repeated activity.

  ➔ "are hooking up" is present continuous, and "all they do is smile" uses the idiom "all ... do is ...".

• China is a sleeping dragon that is just beginning to stir.

  ➔ Relative clause introduced by "that" to give extra information about the noun "dragon".

  ➔ "that" introduces the relative clause "that is just beginning to stir".

• I happen to know more than the smartest guy in the office.

  ➔ "happen to + infinitive" expresses an unexpected or accidental fact.

  ➔ "happen to know" means "by chance I know".

• If we were to drop it, would we even know where to put it?

  ➔ Second‑conditional structure with "were to + infinitive" for a hypothetical situation.

  ➔ "were to drop" expresses a doubtful or imagined action.

• According to a recent survey, this is the most common learning disability among American adolescents.

  ➔ Superlative form "most common" used with a noun phrase to indicate the highest degree.

  ➔ "most common" is the superlative of "common" meaning "the highest frequency".