Learn English with Modern Family

#19. Halloween at Work


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Published: 6 Jun 2018   [ UPDATED JUL 2022 ]
Level 5 (B2)   |   Time: 4:18
Accent: American
Source: Modern Family [S2 E09]

Mitchell wears a Spider-Man costume to work for Halloween.


Directions 이용안내 Direcciones Instruções Інструкції


  1. READ the VOCABULARY + BACKGROUND

    It is important to read the vocabulary and background before you watch the video. This will improve your ability to understand the video. It will also help you understand how the new vocabulary is used naturally.

  2. WATCH the VIDEO

    The first time you watch the video, just try to understand the overall situation.

  3. ANSWER the QUESTIONS

    First, try to answer all the questions from memory. Then rewatch the video and try to answer the questions that you missed.

  4. WATCH and READ the SCRIPT

    Watch the video again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.

  5. DO the ACTIVITIES

    There are several different activities that focus on listening accuracy, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.

  1. LEA el VOCABULARIO y ANTECEDENTES.

    Es importante leer el vocabulario y los antecedentes antes de ver el video. Esto mejorará su capacidad para comprender el video. También le ayudará a comprender cómo se usa el nuevo vocabulario de forma natural.

  2. VER el VIDEO

    La primera vez que vea el video, intente comprender la situación general.

  3. RESPONDE a las PREGUNTAS

    Primero intente responder todas las preguntas de memoria. Luego, vuelva a ver el video e intente responder las preguntas que se perdió.

  4. MIRAR Y LEER

    Mire el video nuevamente mientras lee el guión. Leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo lo ayudará a escuchar cada palabra individual y mejorará su precisión auditiva.

  5. HACER LAS ACTIVIDADES

    Hay una serie de actividades diferentes que se centran en la precisión auditiva, la pronunciación, el vocabulario, la gramática y la estructura de las oraciones.

  1. 어휘와 배경 읽기

    비디오를 보기 전에 어휘와 배경을 읽는 것이 중요합니다. 이렇게 하면 비디오를 이해하는 능력이 향상됩니다. 또한 새로운 어휘가 어떻게 자연스럽게 사용되는지 이해하는데 도움이됩니다.

  2. 비디오 보기

    비디오를 처음 볼 때 전체 상황을 이해하려고 노력하세요.

  3. 문제에 답하기

    먼저 모든 질문에 답을 해보세요. 그런 다음 비디오를 다시보고 놓친 질문에 답해보세요.

  4. 비디오 보면서 대본 읽기

    대본을 읽는 동안 비디오를 다시 보세요. 읽기와 듣기를 동시에 하면 각각의 단어를 듣고, 듣기 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있습니다.

  5. 액티비티 하기

    듣기 정확도, 발음, 어휘, 문법 및 문장 구조에 초점을 맞춘 다양한 액티비티가 있습니다.

  1. LER o VOCABULÁRIO + FUNDO

    É importante ler o vocabulário e o histórico antes de assistir ao vídeo. Isso melhorará sua capacidade de entender o vídeo. Também ajudará você a entender como o novo vocabulário é usado naturalmente.

  2. ASSISTA ao VÍDEO

    Na primeira vez que assistir ao vídeo, tente entender a situação geral.

  3. RESPONDA às PERGUNTAS

    Primeiro, tente responder todas as perguntas de memória. Em seguida, assista novamente ao vídeo e tente responder às perguntas que você errou.

  4. ASSISTA e LEIA o SCRIPT

    Assista ao vídeo novamente enquanto lê o roteiro. Ler e ouvir ao mesmo tempo ajudará você a ouvir cada palavra individualmente e a melhorar sua precisão auditiva.

  5. FAÇA as ATIVIDADES

    Existem várias atividades diferentes que se concentram na precisão auditiva, pronúncia, vocabulário, gramática e estrutura da frase.

  1. ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЛОВНИК і ОСНОВНУ ІНФОРМАЦІЮ

    Важливо прочитати словник і основну інформацію перед переглядом відео. Це покращить вашу здатність розуміти відео. Це також допоможе вам зрозуміти, як нова лексика використовується природно.

  2. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ ВІДЕО

    Коли дивитеся відео вперше, просто намагайтеся зрозуміти загальну ситуацію.

  3. ВІДПОВІДАЙТЕ НА ЗАПИТАННЯ

    Спочатку спробуйте відповісти на всі запитання з пам'яті. Потім перегляньте відео ще раз і спробуйте відповісти на запитання, які ви пропустили.

  4. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ і ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЦЕНАРІЙ

    Перегляньте відео ще раз, читаючи сценарій. Читання і слухання одночасно допоможе вам почути кожне окреме слово і покращити точність сприйняття на слух.

  5. ВИКОНАЙТЕ ЗАВДАННЯ

    Існує кілька різних завдань, які зосереджені на точності сприйняття на слух, вимові, лексиці, граматиці та структурі речень.

Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario Словник


Check the words you already know. Marca las palabras que ya conoces. Marque as palavras que você já conhece. 이미 아는 단어에 체크하세요. Позначте слова, які ви вже знаєте.

  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Do me (up). exp. - zip up, button up, fasten my clothing
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ squeaky adj. - making a high-pitched sound like a mouse or rubber on the floor
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ knock (their) socks off exp. - impress (them)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a law firm n. - a company that lawyers work for
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ conservative adj. - traditional, not relaxed or fun
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ dress up phv. - put on a costume
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ epic adj. - awesome, great
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ bro n. - friend (brother)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ the non-participation guy exp. - the guy who doesn't participate in activities in the office
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Not on my watch. exp. - I won't let this happen.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ fangs n. - the long teeth of vampires, wolves, bats, etc.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a tool n. - an idiot
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a douche n. - an uncool person
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ dry cleaning n. - the clothes that you can't wash in a normal washing machine
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ get on (s/o) phv. - criticize or nag (s/o)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ legal adj. - related to the law
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ major guns exp. - big strong arms (biceps)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ screwed adj. - in big trouble
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ mess up phv. - make a mistake
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a trunk n. - the back part of a car used for storage
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ ironic adj. - unexpected

n. - noun,    v. - verb,    phv. - phrasal verb,    adj. - adjective,    exp. - expression



Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes Контекст


Cam from Modern Family Mitchell from Modern Family
Cam Mitchell
  • Cam and Mitchell are a couple.
  • Mitchell is a lawyer.
  • Mitchell recently started working at this law firm.

Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas Запитання


  1. Mitchell dressed up for Halloween at his previous law firm.
    True
    False

  2. Mitchell's coworkers tell him that people dress up at his current law firm.
    True
    False

  3. Almost everyone at Mitchell's law firm is wearing a costume.
    True
    False

  4. Cam brings a suit to Mitchell.
    True
    False

  5. Mitchell's boss wants to fire the two guys who dressed up.
    True
    False

  6. Mitchell's boss thinks that Mitchell loves guns.
    True
    False

  7. Mitchell's Spider-Man suit is squeaky.
    True
    False

  8. Mitchell goes to the bathroom to wash his suit.
    True
    False

  9. Mitchell has another suit in his car.
    True
    False

Score:



Vocabulary Review 어휘 검토 Revisão de vocabulário Vocabulario revisión Огляд лексики


Directions: Choose the word or expression that best completes the sentence.

Instrucciones: Elija la palabra o expresión que mejor complete la oración.

Instruções:: Escolha a palavra ou expressão que melhor completa a frase.

지시 사항 : 문장을 가장 잘 완성하는 단어나 표현을 선택하십시오.

Інструкції: Виберіть слово або вираз, який найкраще завершує речення.

  • Cam encourages Mitchell to (knock their socks off) .
    → impress his new coworkers
  • Mitchell thinks that Cam is (getting on him) for being lazy.
    → criticizing
  • Mitchell's boss thinks that Mitchell has been hitting the gym because he has big (guns) .
    → arms, biceps
  • Mitchell is worried because he already messed (up) once at work.
    → made a mistake


Sentence Building 문장 만들기 Construção de sentença Construcción de oraciones Побудова речень


Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necesario

Instruções: Escreva frases sobre o videoclipe usando as palavras dadas. Você pode alterar a forma da palavra ou adicionar palavras, mas não pode alterar a ordem das palavras. Use o tempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necessário

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.
( ) = 선택 사항   [ ] = 필수 사항

Інструкції: Напишіть речення про відеокліп, використовуючи подані слова. Ви можете змінювати форму слова або додавати слова, але не можете змінювати порядок слів.
Використовуйте теперішній час.
( ) = необов'язково   [ ] = обов'язково



Sentence 1

Cam / help / Mitchell / do / up / Spider-Man / costume

Cam helps Mitchell (to) do up his Spider-Man costume.



Sentence 2

two / Mitchell / coworker / encourage / him / wear / Halloween / costume / to / office

Two of Mitchell's coworkers encourage him to wear a Halloween costume to the office.



Sentence 3a

when / Mitchell / arrive / office / he / realize / almost / no / one / wear / costume

When Mitchell arrives at the office, he realizes (that) almost no one is wearing a costume.



Sentence 3b

when / Mitchell / arrive / office / he / realize / almost / no / one / dress / up

When Mitchell arrives at the office, he realizes (that) almost no one (is/has) dressed up.



Sentence 4

Cam / remind / Mitchell / he / suit / trunk / car / because / he / not / bring / dry / clean

Cam reminds Mitchell (that) he has (some) suits in the trunk of his car because he didn't bring in the dry cleaning.

Cam reminds Mitchell (that) he has (some) suits in the trunk of his car because he didn't bring the dry cleaning in.



Sentence 5

Mitchell / walk / office / wear / suit / over / costume

Mitchell walks into the office wearing [a/his] suit over his costume.



Sentence 6

as / Mitchell / walk / bathroom / take / costume / boss / grab / him / and / drag / him / meeting

As Mitchell is walking into the bathroom (in order) to take off [the/his] costume, his boss grabs him and drags him [into/to] a meeting.



Sentence 7

Mitchell / boss / ask / he / can / legal / fire / two / guy / who / wear / costume

Mitchell's boss asks (him) [if/whether] he can legally fire the two guys who are wearing costumes.



Sentence 8

while / Mitchell / try / take / costume / off / he / accident / drop / his / suit / toilet

While Mitchell is trying to take his costume off, he accidentally drops his suit [in/into] the toilet.



Sentence 9

Cam / inspire / Mitchell / climb / down / side / building / like / Spider-Man

Cam inspires Mitchell to climb down the side of the building like Spider-Man.



Sentence 10

while / Mitchell / try / get / car / he / accident / *set / off / few / car / alarm

While Mitchell is trying to get into his car, he accidentally sets off a few car alarms.

* set off (phv): trigger something like an alarm, a bomb, fireworks




Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión Обговорення


  1. How do you feel about people who dress up for Halloween at work? Does the type of job one has have an effect on your opinion?
  2. Have you ever worn a Halloween costume to work? Which one was your best? Your worst?
  3. Did you ever wear a Halloween costume at school? Which one was your best? Your worst?
  4. Mitchell dresses up as Spider-Man. Which superhero would you want to dress up as?
  5. Did people in your country celebrate Halloween 20 years ago? How about now? How is Halloween celebrated?
  6. If Halloween is coming soon, how are you going to celebrate? How did you celebrate last Halloween?

Script 대본 Roteiro Guion Сценарій


Mitchell: Okay. All right, do me. Do me, do me, do me.

Mitchell: Cam, I have to say, I feel kind of sexy. Well, squeaky sexy, but...

Cam: You know I'd be enjoying this more if Halloween wasn't such a tough day for me. But I want you to go to work and knock their socks off.

Mitchell: Well, my last job was at a pretty conservative law firm. No one there would ever dress up for Halloween. But apparently, at this new company...


Man 1: Right now, I'm thinking either vampire or werewolf. Every year it's harder to decide.

Mitchell: Wait, wait, wait. I'm sorry. So people really come to work in costumes here?

Man 2: Are you kidding? It's epic, bro.

Man 1: Epic.


Mitchell: I'm already the new guy. I don't want to be the non-participation guy too.

Cam: Not on my watch.


Mitchell: No, no, no. I'm the only one.

Man 1: Have lunch? I'll let you wear my fangs.


Man 3: Look at those tools.

Man 4: Every year. What a couple of douches.

Mitchell: Oh, no.


Cam: Hello?

Mitchell: There are exactly three people in costume here a tool, a douche and me. And I don't have time to go home and change.

Cam: Calm down. Did you bring in the dry cleaning from last night?

Mitchell: re you really getting on me about the dry clean... Oh, I have suits in the trunk.

Cam: Look at that. Yesterday's lazy cures today's crazy.

Mitchell: Yes, thank you. Thank you. Okay.


Boss: Oh, there you are. I need you in the Lampkin meeting. Five minutes.

Mitchell: Okay.

Boss: Okay, hey. First legal question. Can I fire those idiots for no reason? Oh, my gosh. Those are some major guns you got there.


Mitchell: No, no, no, no, no! Okay. No, no. Okay. Okay, focus, Mitchell. Focus, focus.

Cam: Hello?

Mitchell: I'm trapped in a men's room, and all I have on is the Spider-Man suit.

Cam: Hot. Who is this?

Mitchell: Somebody took my shirt, and all the rest of my clothes are all toilety. I'm screwed.

Cam: Why don't you just tell Charlie the truth?

Mitchell: I can't. I already messed up once today, and I can't risk it. I have another suit in my trunk but I can't get to the car without going through the office.

Cam: You know what's ironic? Who could really help you now is Spider-Man.

Mitchell: He's here.

Mitchell: Okay. Okay. Okay. No. No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no. Okay. Okay.

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