Learn English with The Big Bang Theory

• ☐ ☐ ☐ 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

Science words

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• ☐ ☐ ☐ 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

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Penny	Leonard	Sheldon

• Sheldon and Leonard are roommates.
• They are both physics professors.
• Penny just moved into the apartment across the hall.
• Koothrapali and Wolowitz are friends of Sheldon and Leonard.

1. Sheldon is happy that Penny is visiting the apartment.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Sheldon put a science joke on his whiteboard.
   True
   False
   
   
3. Penny is impressed with Sheldon's and Leonard's whiteboards.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Sheldon is impressed with Leonard's whiteboard.
   True
   False
   
   
5. Penny sits down in the seat that Sheldon likes most.
   True
   False
   
   
6. The place where Penny is sitting gets a cool breeze in the summer.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Sheldon likes to sit directly in front of the TV.
   True
   False
   
   
8. Penny offers to move to another seat.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Sheldon agrees that they rarely have visitors to their apartment.
   True
   False
   
   
10. Penny says that she is a vegetarian but she eats steak.
    True
    False
    
    
11. Sheldon has difficulty eating corn.
    True
    False
    
    
12. Penny works as a waitress.
    True
    False
    
    
13. Leonard often eats cheesecake.
    True
    False
    
    
14. Penny lived with her boyfriend for four years.
    True
    False
    
    
15. It took Sheldon four years to finish high school.
    True
    False
    
    

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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 --- discouraged got through doodled scribbled (doodled) a few cute pictures while he was listening to Penny.


• Leonard quickly --- discouraged got through doodled scribbled (scribbled) some words onto his whiteboard.


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


• It only took Sheldon two years to --- discourage get through doodle scribble (get through) high school.


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


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


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

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

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Directions: Choose the word form that best completes each sentence.

1. This looks like some serious --- stuff stuffs (stuff).
   → "stuff" is uncountable; "things" are countable
2. That's my --- work works (work).
   → "work" related to your job is uncountable; "works of art" are countable
3. Do you --- guy guys (guy) mind if I start?
   → "guys" are countable
4. It is not so close as to cause --- perspiration perspirations (perspiration).
   → both "perspiration" and "sweat" are uncountable; "a drop of perspiration" is countable
5. It's directly in the path of --- cool breeze a cool breeze (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 companys (company) over.
   → "company" meaning guests is uncountable; "a company" meaning a business is countable
7. I'm a vegetarian except for --- fish fishes (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 steaks (steak).
   → "steak" as a general type of food is uncountable, "a steak" as a piece of meat is countable
9. I love --- cheesecake cheesecakes (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 --- good idea a good idea (a good idea).
    → "an idea" is countable

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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.

Instrucciones: Escribe oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de las palabras o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa tiempo presente.

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.

Penny / visit / Leonard / Sheldon / apartment / and / notice / complex / equation / Sheldon / whiteboard

Penny visits Leonard's and Sheldon’s apartment and notices (the/some) complex equations on Sheldon's whiteboard.

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when / Penny / impressed / Sheldon / work / Leonard / try / show / off / own / whiteboard

When Penny is impressed [with/by] Sheldon’s work, Leonard tries to show off his own whiteboard.

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however / Sheldon / claim / Leonard / work / most / derivative

However, Sheldon claims (that) Leonard's work is mostly derivative.

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after / Penny / sit / down / Sheldon / insist / she / move / because / it / where / he / sit

After Penny sits down, Sheldon insists (that) she move because it is where he sits.

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Sheldon / sit / down / other / end / couch / after / Leonard / order / him / find / somewhere / else / sit

Sheldon sits down on the other end of the couch after Leonard orders him to find somewhere else to sit.

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Leonard / try / make / situation / more / comfortable / by / acknowledge / they / not / get / many / guest

Leonard tries to make the situation more comfortable by acknowledging (that) they don’t get many guests.

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however / Sheldon / then / take / exception / Leonard / implication / they / antisocial

However, Sheldon then takes exception to Leonard's implication (that) they are antisocial.

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Penny / tell / them / she / vegetarian / except / fish / steak

Penny tells them (that) she is a vegetarian except (for) fish and steak.

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she / then / share / she / recent / end / four / year / relationship / and / start / cry

She then shares (that) she recently ended a four-year relationship and starts [crying/to cry].

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first / Leonard / Sheldon / seem / confuse / but / eventual / try / comfort / her

At first, Leonard and Sheldon seem confused(,) but (they) eventually try to comfort her.

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when / Penny / stand / Sheldon / immediate / reclaim / favorite / seat

When Penny stands up, Sheldon immediately reclaims his favorite seat.

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Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instrucciones: Reproduzca el clip de audio e intente repetir lo que escucha. Haga clic en "Mostrar" para ver el texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Clip 1

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

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Clip 2

I have a board. If you like boards, this is my board.
(Can you make your voice crack like Leonard?)

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Clip 3

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.

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Clip 4

In the winter, that seat is close enough to the radiator to remain warm, and yet not so close as to cause perspiration.

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Clip 5

In the summer, it's directly in the path of a cross breeze created by opening windows there and there.

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Clip 6

It faces the television at an angle that is neither direct, thus discouraging conversation, nor so far wide as to create a parallax distortion.

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Clip 7

I resent you saying we don't have company.

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Clip 8

I said I'm sorry.
(Can you recreate Leonard's feeling of defeated embarrassment?)

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Clip 9

Oh, I'm a vegetarian, except for fish, and the occasional steak. I love steak.

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Clip 10

Do you have some sort of a job?

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Clip 11

You're lactose intolerant.

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Clip 12

It took you four years to get through high school?

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1. How do Sheldon and Leonard seem similar? How do they seem different?
2. Would you rather be friends with Leonard or Sheldon? Why?
3. 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?
4. 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 sits in that seat?
5. Are you good at showing empathy when your friends are upset? How do you make a friend (or a girlfriend/boyfriend) feel better when they start crying?
6. How often do you have company over (invite your friends over to your house)? What do you do together?
7. Do you know anything about string theory, quantum mechanics, the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, or parallax distortion. If so, explain what they mean to your partner.