Learn English with Seinfeld

• ☐ ☐ ☐ a peach [n] - a type of fruit
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a plum [n] - a type of fruit
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a mango [n] - a type of fruit
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an avocado [n] - a type of fruit
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a plantain [n] - a type of fruit
• ☐ ☐ ☐ return [v] - take back to a store to get your money back
• ☐ ☐ ☐ sub par [exp] - less than good
• ☐ ☐ ☐ restitution [n] - recompense (give money) for injury or loss
• ☐ ☐ ☐ stand behind [phv] - support, take responsibility for
• ☐ ☐ ☐ go downhill [exp] - getting worse
• ☐ ☐ ☐ I let it go. [exp] - I didn't complain.
• ☐ ☐ ☐ ban [v] - officially stop someone from entering a place
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an act of god [exp] - a natural happening
• ☐ ☐ ☐ elsewhere [adv] - some other place
• ☐ ☐ ☐ decent [adj] - good enough
• ☐ ☐ ☐ mealy [adj] - covered in spots
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a delicacy [n] - a rare or expensive food
• ☐ ☐ ☐ wholesome [adj] - related to good health
• ☐ ☐ ☐ chock-full of [exp] - very full of

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

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Jerry	Kramer

• Jerry and Kramer or neighbors living in New York.
• Joe's is a fruit market near their apartments.

1. Kramer likes the peach he is eating.
   True
   False
   
   
2. Jerry thinks Joe's usually has bad fruit.
   True
   False
   
   
3. Kramer wants to take the peach back to the store and get his money back.
   True
   False
   
   
4. Joe offers to give Kramer his money back.
   True
   False
   
   
5. This is the first time Kramer has had a bad piece of fruit from Joe's.
   True
   False
   
   
6. Joe takes responsibility for the bad peach.
   True
   False
   
   
7. Joe bans Kramer from his store.
   True
   False
   
   
8. Kramer wants Jerry to buy fruit for him.
   True
   False
   
   
9. Kramer doesn't like the fruit at the supermarket.
   True
   False
   
   
10. Jerry offers to buy fruit for Kramer every week.
    True
    False
    
    
11. Jerry knows a lot about fruit.
    True
    False
    
    
12. Kramer likes soft avocados more than hard avacados.
    True
    False
    
    
13. Jerry finds a perfect avocado.
    True
    False
    
    
14. Joe guesses that Jerry is buying fruit for Kramer.
    True
    False
    
    
15. Joe bans Jerry from his store.
    True
    False
    
    

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Clip 1

Did you get that at Joe's?
[Didjə ge'that at Joe's]

Clip 2

Well that's surprising. His fruit is usually the best.
[Wel that's surprising. His fruit's usually the best.]

Clip 3

You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to return this.
[Yə'know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna return this.]

Clip 4

So what do you want me to do?
[So wha'də yə wan'me tə do?]

Clip 5

Why should I give you restitution?
[Why should I give yə restitution?]

Clip 6

No, I don't want your business.
[No, I don wan'chər business.]

Clip 7

But what am I going to do for fruit?
[But wha'dəm'I gonna do fər fruit?]

Clip 8

If I give you money, will you go out and get me some fruit?
[If I give yə money, will yə go out'n get me some fruit?]

Clip 9

Well you'll have to go to the supermarket.
[Well yəl hafta go tə the supermarket.]

Clip 10

What do you need five mangos for?
[Whaddyə need five mangos for?]

Clip 11

I don't know how to pick out an avocado.
[I dunno how tə pick out an'avocado.]

Clip 12

And what are these? Plums? What is that?
['N whaddər these? Plums? Whadd's that?]

Clip 13

This fruit isn't for you.
[This fruit in't fər you.]

Clip 14

Are you saying you are banning me from the store.
[Are yə sayen yər bannen me from the store.]

1. Do you agree more with Joe or with Kramer? Is it reasonable to return bad fruit to a store? Why?
2. Is it reasonable for Joe to ban Jerry and Kramer from his store? Why? How should Joe deal with Kramer? Have you ever been banned from a store?
3. Where is the best place to buy fruit - a supermarket, a fruit stand, a market, online?
4. What is your favorite type of fruit? What fruit do you hate?
5. Kramer sends Jerry to buy fruit. What things would you trust your friends to buy for you? Which things do you have to buy yourself? (Clothes? Cosmetics? Electronics? Food? Fruit?)