Friends TV Show, "Joey Breaks Up With Janine"
Friends TV Show, "Joey Breaks Up With Janine"
Friends TV Show, "Joey Breaks Up With Janine"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RBps_8RfcU
Watch the clip reading the script.
Scene 1
1. Janine is Joey’s girlfriend. Why is she not going over for dinner?
2. Chandler and Monica are Joey’s best friends. What does Janine think about Chandler?
Monica?
Scene 2
4. What happens at Joey’s flat?
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Scene 3
7. What does Janine apologise for?
Scene 4
11. What do Joey, Chandler and Monica talk about?
Vocabulary
Look at the definitions. Then, write a new sentence using the word.
1. blah (slang)
Definition: boring or not okay
Examples: She thinks you’re blah. I feel blah.
Sentence:
2. hoot
Definition: funny and fun
Examples: She is a hoot. We laughed all night.
Sentence:
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3. coming over
Definition: to go somewhere
Examples: Why is Janine not coming over for dinner? I was just coming over to apologize for
my behavior.
Sentence:
Sentence:
Sentence:
4. gotta (slang)
Definition: have to
Examples: I gotta talk to Janine.
Sentence:
5. gonna (slang)
Definition: going to
Examples: I’m gonna talk to them about it. What am I gonna do?
Sentence:
6. wanna (slang)
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Definition: want to
Examples: I wanna go to the party.
Sentence:
Opinion:
Have you ever disliked your best friend’s partner?
Have you ever gotten into a fight with them?
Would you break up with someone if your friends didn’t like them?
SCRIPT
Scene 1
Joey: Well, she didn’t want to hang out with you guys two nights in a row.
Joey: Because she thinks that you are blah. And that you Monica are too loud.
What? What?
Chandler: So she was just pretending to have a good time last night? She was just lying to our
faces?
Monica: I can’t believe this. Who is she to judge? We could not have been nicer to her.
Joey: Come on, please, please, don’t be mad. I’m sure she just said that stuff because she was
just nervous. You, guys, are my best friends. You know, and it was our first date. Plus, she’s
really sick.
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Joey: I know. But don’t you think the sick thing is better than the play thing?
Chandler: No, they’re both good. I generally go with the “Monica is drunk again”.
Joey: Come on you, guys, please, please. Just give her another chance, huh? She’ll come
around. I promise.
Chandler: Okay.
Monica: I am loud.
Scene 2
Chandler: And I’m blah? Liste, the only thing that is more boring than watching Modern dance
is hearing you talk about it. Oh, Chandler. I just lost myself in a movement.
Janine: You know, I know you are talking, but all I hear is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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Joey: Alright, ah, look, we got a little bit of a problem here. These people are my friends. You
can’t treat them that way.
Joey: I know, I know. And I’m gonna talk to them about it. They mean so much to me. They’re
like my family. If you guys are gonna be fighting all the time, I don’t think we can be together.
It just can’t work. It just can’t. I’m very upset.
Scene 3
Janine: I was just coming over to apologise for my behavior. I’d really like it if we could be
friends.
Monica: I know it would make Joey happy, so I would like that too.
Janine: Great.
Monica: Bye.
Janine: Wait.
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Joey: Yeah. What am I gonna do?
Joey: Yeah.
Scene 4
Chandler: Hey.
Monica: I can’t believe you just broke up with her, just like that.
Joey: What?
Ross: I’m giving this lecture on erosion theories tomorrow night. I think you should come.