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[English]

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Hello, my friend.

Hello, my friend.

How are you?

I'm so good.

I haven't seen you in a while.

I know.

I've been on the east coast.

Yes.

You are living there now.

I am.

My life--

I don't like it.

I want you to move back here.

Coming back to this weather, I really feel like an idiot.

Yeah.

Well, come back here then.

I know.

Except that your girls are having a great experience

living there.

And you got to take them-- you can't ice skate here.

You took them ice skating.

Yeah, we've been ice skating, skiing.

I don't ski.

Not interested.

But you go and sit in a lodge while they ski?

I actually was out there even just out on the snow with them,

and I had my headphones in and I was jamming around.

And I just wanted to see every moment from them, like--

Who's that?

Which one is that?

Is that Olive?

Olive.

Olive?

Yeah.

Yeah.

And our friend Sasha Heinz just went way up

to the top of the mountain with her,

whereas the instructors are being a little bit

trepidatious.

And she did the best when she had to do the most.

Really?

Yes.

So she's a natural?

She's like tough, too, which is cool.

She's athletic.

Her sister is with the fairies, you know?

So Frankie is like you?

Yes, she is.

But I trust Olive to, in a crisis, defuse the bomb.

She'll be like, red wire, blue wire.

And then Frankie will be doing pirouettes around her.

And she'll be like, what are you doing?

And Frankie will be like, well, if we're going to die,

I want to die happy.

That's amazing, they're so different.

They're the biggest yin and yangs I've ever met.

How old is Olive now?

She's going to be six.

Six.

So you started drinking around that age, right?

No, a couple years after.

Like eight-- something like that.

Nine, yeah.

It's not funny, but it's true.

It's funny because it's true.

Yes, and sad, too, but you turned out just great

and you're an even better mom because of that.

Everything in my life has been a butterfly net of information.

How to hold it, harness it and then use

it to be my best parent.

If I had had family, I don't know

if I would appreciate my family so much.

...

I think I will be equipped to deal with teenage daughters.

In fact, when the doctor said, you're

having a girl the first time, I was

like here we go, mother issues, let's bring it on.

And Olive came out of the womb like,

don't put your mother stuff on me.

And then I got the call from the doctor the second time,

and he said, you're having another girl.

And I thought, oh I realize now I was put on this planet

to be a good woman so that I can raise good women.

And you are.

Thank you.

And you are both of those things.

I did my best.

Yeah.

...

So you're how old there?

Seven, 1982.

So you did--

Again, this is so weird.

My life was so weird.

But I have to say it was fun, I'm sorry.

Oh, I'm sure.

I never regret.

I'm sure it was fun.

So, you're on the cover of InStyle magazine,

and what you did, which is really interesting,

you took all these pictures like that and then recreated them.

So you took this and then you wore that.

We're sort of looking at fashion now interpreted

by the moments of my childhood.

All right, so then let's show another one that you did.

There's a--

I mean, look at how I'm dressed!

That's not right.

It's shocking I turned out OK.

Yeah, I know.

I look like a little, tiny animal dressed in faux Chanel.

All right, so then you dressed like that--

I'm wearing, like, a onesie.

Yes.

A black cat suit.

But it looks appropriate there.

Yeah.

So that works.

And I think-- is there one more?

You know, just me and Mr. T.

Just hanging out.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That--

He like the biggest deal then, too.

Yeah.

Getting to hang out with Mr. T was.

Like.

brag rights.

Yeah.

So we found one look that you didn't recreate.

I want to show you this look and I don't know--

I love that look.

And how old are you there?

Seven.

My mom was really cool and she had a lot of artistic friends.

She was smart enough to really care

about these amazingly artistic photographers, Ara

Gallant and Lord Snowdon, and all these wonderful people--

Greg Gorman.

And she would sit me in their chairs

and have them take pictures of me.

And they were appropriate pictures.

But here's what we want to do.

We want to recreate that.

So we have that outfit, and I just want you to--

No, you do not.

Yeah,

Can I take it home?

We're putting it on now.

No way.

Oh, my god, it's so exciting.

All right.

Put your hands through.

Oh, OK.

Hold on.

Thank you.

All right?

Hold on.

No, don't be sorry.

OK.

...

All right, let's see it.

Let's see.

...

I had much more "come hither" look.

OK, ready?

Yeah.

Yep, that's it.

That's it.

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ B1	verb - to reside; to have one's home in a particular place.
idiot /ˈɪdiət/ B1	noun - a foolish or stupid person.
experience /ɪkˈspɪriəns/ B2	noun - an event or occurrence which leaves an impression on someone.
skating /ˈskeɪtɪŋ/ A2	noun - the activity or sport of gliding on ice using skates.
interested /ˈɪntrəstɪd/ A2	adjective - feeling or showing curiosity or concern about something.
jamming /ˈdʒæmɪŋ/ B1	verb - to play music informally, often improvising.
crisis /ˈkraɪsɪs/ B2	noun - a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.
defuse /dɪˈfjuːz/ B2	verb - to reduce the tension or danger of a situation.
pirouettes /ˌpɪrʊˈɛt/ B2	noun - a whirling dance movement in which the dancer turns on one foot.
different /ˈdɪfrənt/ A2	adjective - not the same as another or each other.
athletic /æθˈlɛtɪk/ B1	adjective - good at sports; physically fit and strong.
appreciate /əˈpriːʃieɪt/ B2	verb - recognize the full worth of.
equipped /ɪˈkwɪpt/ B2	adjective - supplied with the necessary items for a particular purpose.
issues /ˈɪʃuːz/ B1	noun - an important topic or problem for debate or concern.
planet /ˈplænɪt/ A2	noun - a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
amazing /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ A2	adjective - causing great surprise or wonder.
fashion /ˈfæʃn/ B1	noun - popular style or practice, especially in clothing.
appropriate /əˈproʊpriət/ B2	adjective - suitable or proper in the circumstances.

Key Grammar Structures

• I haven't seen you in a while.

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The phrase "haven't seen" uses the present perfect to describe an action that started in the past and is relevant to the present.

• I've been on the east coast.

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous

  ➔ The phrase "I've been" uses the present perfect continuous to emphasize the duration of the action (being on the east coast).

• You are living there now.

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ The phrase "are living" uses the present continuous to describe an action happening now or around now.

• I really feel like an idiot.

  ➔ Emphasis with "really"

  ➔ The word "really" is used to emphasize the feeling of being an idiot.

• She's like tough, too, which is cool.

  ➔ Comparative Adjective with "like"

  ➔ The phrase "She's like tough" uses "like" to make a comparison, indicating similarity.

• If I had had family, I don't know if I would appreciate my family so much.

  ➔ Third Conditional

  ➔ The phrase "If I had had family" uses the third conditional to discuss a hypothetical situation in the past and its imagined result.

• I think I will be equipped to deal with teenage daughters.

  ➔ Future Simple with "will"

  ➔ The phrase "I will be equipped" uses the future simple with "will" to express a prediction or future intention.

• I was like, here we go, mother issues, let's bring it on.

  ➔ Informal Speech with "was like"

  ➔ The phrase "I was like" is used in informal speech to describe a reaction or emotion.