Learn English with The Big Bang Theory

#2. The Perfect Place to Sit


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Published: 2.10.2019
Level 5   |   Time: 3:32
Accent: American
Source: The Big Bang Theory [S1 E01]

As Penny introduces herself to Leonard and Sheldon, Sheldons stresses out over where to sit.


    

triangle Directions 목표 Direcciones Instruções


  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

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  5. HACER LAS ACTIVIDADES

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  1. 어휘와 배경 읽기

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  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

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  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

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  4. ASSISTA e LEIA o SCRIPT

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  5. FAÇA as ATIVIDADES

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

triangle Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario


  • ☐ ☐ ☐ make yourself at home [exp] - relax and feel comfortable
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ doodle [v] - a drawing made without thinking
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a spoof [n] - a funny copy of something
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Holy smokes! [exp] - Wow! Incredible!
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ derivative [adj] - similar to another person's work (negative)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ scribble(d) [v] - write (written) quickly and not carefully
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a radiator [n] - a heater
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ perspiration [n] - sweat, water from the skin caused by heat
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a cross breeze [n] - a cool light wind
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ discourage [v] - persuade against something
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ company [n] - guests, visitors
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Klingon [n] - a race of people from Star Trek
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ boggle [n] - a type of board game
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ antisocial implication [exp] - giving a feeling of not liking to be with other people
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ can't process corn [exp] - can't digest (eat) corn
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ lactose intolerant [exp] - unable to drink or eat milk or cheese products
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a jerk [n] - a bad guy
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ get through [exp] - finish
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ string theory [n] - a scientific theory related to cosmic strings
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ quantum mechanics [n] - scientific laws that describe the behavior of particles
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ the Born-Oppenheimer approximation [n] - a scientific theory about the motion of particles
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a parallax distortion [n] - a problem created by viewing something at an angle due to having two lenses (eyes)

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



triangle Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes


picture picture picture
Leonard Sheldon Penny
  • Sheldon and Leonard are roommates.
  • They are both physics professors.
  • Koothrapali and Wolowitz are friends of Sheldon and Leonard.

triangle Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas


  1. Sheldon is happy that Penny is visiting the apartment.
    True
    False

  2. Penny thinks the first whiteboard is work done by Leonard.
    True
    False

  3. The first whiteboard is work actually done by Leonard.
    True
    False

  4. Sheldon's whiteboard contains scientific work.
    True
    False

  5. Sheldon put a science joke on his whiteboard.
    True
    False

  6. Penny understands the joke on Sheldon's whiteboard.
    True
    False

  7. Penny is impressed with Sheldon's whiteboard.
    True
    False

  8. Penny is impressed with Leonard's whiteboard.
    True
    False

  9. Sheldon is impressed with Leonard's whiteboard.
    True
    False

  10. Penny sits down in the seat that Sheldon likes most.
    True
    False

  11. The place where Penny is sitting often gets too cold in the winter.
    True
    False

  12. The place where Penny is sitting often gets too hot in the winter.
    True
    False

  13. The place where Penny is sitting gets a cool breeze in the summer.
    True
    False

  14. Sheldon likes to sit directly in front of the TV.
    True
    False

  15. Penny offers to move to another seat.
    True
    False

  16. Leonard thinks Sheldon's obsession with his seat is normal.
    True
    False

  17. Sheldon feels comfortable in the place where he sits down.
    True
    False

  18. Leonard tells Penny that they rarely have visitors to their apartment.
    True
    False

  19. Sheldon agrees that they rarely have visitors to their apartment.
    True
    False

  20. Penny says that she is a vegetarian.
    True
    False

  21. Penny eats fish.
    True
    False

  22. Penny eats steak.
    True
    False

  23. Leonard has difficulty eating corn.
    True
    False

  24. Penny works as a waitress.
    True
    False

  25. Leonard often eats cheesecake.
    True
    False

  26. Penny recently broke up with her boyfriend.
    True
    False

  27. Penny had lived with her boyfriend for four years.
    True
    False

  28. Sheldon finished high school in less than four years.
    True
    False



triangle Vocabulary Review 어휘 검토 Revisão de vocabulário Vocabulario revisión


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

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

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

지시 사항 : 문장을 가장 잘 완성하는 단어나 표현을 선택하십시오.


  • Sheldon (doodled) a few cute pictures while he was listening to Penny.

  • Leonard quickly (scribbled) some words onto his whiteboard.

  • Sheldon doesn't want to (discourage) conversation when he watches TV. He prefers to watch and talk at the same time.

  • It only took Sheldon two years to (get through) high school.

  • Sheldon and Leonard disagree about how often they invite (company) to their apartment.

  • Sheldon's favorite seat doesn't cause (perspiration) because it is not too close to the (radiator) .

  • Penny thinks her ex-boyfriend is a (jerk) and doesn't want to meet him again.



triangle Vocabulary Accuracy 어휘 정확성 Precisão de Vocabulário Vocabulario precisión


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

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

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

지시 사항 : 문장을 가장 잘 완성하는 단어나 표현을 선택하십시오.


  • Please (make yourself at home) and relax. You don't need to ask if you want something.
    → relax and feel comfortable
  • (Holy smokes!) That guy is a real a jerk.
    → Wow! Incredible!
  • I (could go on) , but I think you understand.
    → I could continue talking, but it is not necessary
  • Penny (fell in love) with a guy, but now she hates him.
    → develop a strong liking for someone


triangle Grammar 문법 Gramática Gramática (uncountable nouns)


Directions: Choose the word form that best completes each sentence. Also decide if each statement is true or false.

  1. This looks like some serious (stuff).
    → "stuff" is uncountable; "things" are countable
  2. That's my (work).
    → "work" related to your job is uncountable; "works of art" are countable
  3. Do you (guy) mind if I start?
    → "guys" are countable
  4. It is not so close as to cause (perspiration).
    → both "perspiration" and "sweat" are uncountable; "a drop of perspiration" is countable
  5. It's directly in the path of (a cool breeze).
    → "a breeze" is countable; "wind" is used both as a countable and uncountable noun
  6. We don't have a lot of (company) over.
    → "company" meaning guests is uncountable; "a company" meaning a business is countable
  7. I'm a vegetarian except for (fish).
    → "fish" as food is uncountable; "fish" as an animal is countable, but the plural form of fish is still "fish" (one fish, two fish)
  8. I love (steak).
    → "steak" as a general type of food is uncountable, "a steak" as a piece of meat is countable
  9. I love (cheesecake).
    → "cake" as a general type of food is uncountable; "a cake" as a whole cake is countable; "a piece of cake" is countable
  10. I just think it's (a good idea).
    → "an idea" is countable



triangle Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión


  1. Would you rather be friends with Leonard or Sheldon? Why?
  2. Sheldon gives many reasons why he likes his seat? (distance from radiator in winter, cool breeze in summer, neck angle for watching TV) Do any of his reasons seem reasonable? Which ones?
  3. Do you have a favorite place to sit in your house? Where is it? Why do you like it? How do you feel when someone else takes that seat?
  4. How do you make a friend (or a girlfriend/boyfriend) feel better when they start crying?
  5. How often do you have company over (invite your friends over to your house)? What do you do together?

triangle Script 대본 Roteiro Texto


Leonard: Okay, well, make yourself at home.

Penny: Okay, thank you.

Leonard: You're very welcome.

Penny: This looks like some serious stuff, Leonard, did you do this?

Sheldon: Actually that's my work.

Penny: Wow.

Sheldon: Yeah, well, it's just some quantum mechanics, with a little string theory doodling around the edges. That part there, that's just a joke, it's a spoof of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation.

Penny: So you're like, one of those, beautiful mind genius guys.

Sheldon: Yeah.

Penny: This is really impressive.

Leonard: I have a board. If you like boards, this is my board.

Penny: Holy smokes.

Sheldon: If by holy smokes you mean a derivative restatement of the kind of stuff you can find scribbled on the wall of any men's room at MIT, sure.

Leonard: What?

Penny: Uh, do you guys mind if I start?

Sheldon: Um, Penny, that's where I sit.

Penny: So, sit next to me.

Sheldon: No, I sit there.

Penny: What's the difference?

Sheldon: What's the difference?

Leonard: Here we go.

Sheldon: In the winter that seat is close enough to the radiator to remain warm, and yet not so close as to cause perspiration. In the summer it's directly in the path of a cross breeze created by open windows there, and there. It faces the television at an angle that is neither direct, thus discouraging conversation, nor so far wide to create a parallax distortion, I could go on, but I think I've made my point.

Penny: Do you want me to move?

Sheldon: Well.

Leonard: Just sit somewhere else.

Sheldon: Fine.

Leonard: Sheldon, sit!

Sheldon: Aaah!

Leonard: Well this is nice. We don't have a lot of company over.

Sheldon: That's not true. Koothrapali and Wolowitz come over all the time.

Leonard: Yes I now, but...

Sheldon: Tuesday night we played Klingon boggle until one in the morning.

Leonard: Yes, I remember.

Sheldon: I resent you saying we don't have company.

Leonard: I'm sorry.

Sheldon: That is an antisocial implication.

Leonard: I said I'm sorry.

Leonard: That's probably enough about us. Tell us about you.

Penny: Okay, let's see, what else, oh, I'm a vegetarian, oh, except for fish, and the occasional steak. I love steak.

Sheldon: That's interesting. Leonard can't prcoess corn.

Leonard: Wu-uh, do you have some sort of a job?

Penny: Oh, yeah, I'm a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory.

Leonard: Oh, okay. I love cheesecake.

Sheldon: You're lactose intolerant.

Leonard: I don't eat it, I just think it's a good idea.

Penny: Let's see. What else? Um, that's about it. That's the story of Penny.

Leonard: Well it sounds wonderful.

Penny: It was until I fell in love with a jerk.

Sheldon (mouths): What's happening.

Leonard (mouths back): I don't know.

Penny: Oh God, you know, four years I lived with him, four years. That's like as long as high school.

Sheldon: It took you four years to get through high school?

Leonard: Don't.

Penny: I just, I can't believe I trusted him.