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#15. Nepotism

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Published: 23 Mar 2021
Level 5 (B2)   |   Time: 4:14
Accent: American
Source: The Office [S7 E01]

Michael hires a new intern to work in the office.


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  1. READ the VOCABULARY + BACKGROUND

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  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

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  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

    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

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  3. 문제에 답하기

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  5. 액티비티 하기

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  1. LER o VOCABULÁRIO + FUNDO

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  2. ASSISTA ao VÍDEO

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  3. RESPONDA às PERGUNTAS

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  4. ASSISTA e LEIA o SCRIPT

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  5. FAÇA as ATIVIDADES

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  1. ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЛОВНИК і ОСНОВНУ ІНФОРМАЦІЮ

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  3. ВІДПОВІДАЙТЕ НА ЗАПИТАННЯ

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  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.

  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a mix up n. - a mistake
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ the cinema n. - movies
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an intern n. - a temporary worker
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ mess up phv. - make a mistake
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ look into phv. - examine
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Ghostbusters n. - a movie [Link]
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ nepotism n. - giving jobs to people in your family
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ my bad exp. - my mistake
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ reflect poorly on us exp. - make us look bad
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ tell on phv. - tell an authority, parent or boss about some bad behavior
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ related adj. - a family member
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ putting it exp. - saying it
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ hypothetical adj. - imaginary
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ bug v. - bother
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ genes n. - a unit of heredity which goes from parent to child giving some characteristics
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ jeans n. - denim pants
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ bagel chips n. - a type of snack
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a laser pointer n. - a laser device used during presentations [image] vocab image
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Sack up! phv. - Do your job!
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ count down phv. - count from high to low (10-9-8-7-6-5...)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Screw it! exp. - I give up!
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Texas justice exp. - violent physical punishment
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ trash (someone) v. - say bad things about (someone)

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


Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes Контекст

Michael Luke Oscar Ghostbusters
Michael Luke Oscar Ghostbusters
  • All of these characters work in an office selling paper supplies.
  • Michael is the manager (boss).
  • Saber is the name of the parent company that owns the office.

Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas Запитання

  1. Luke arrives at the office at 9am.
    True
    False

  2. Luke makes some mistakes with the coffee order.
    True
    False

  3. Luke loves movies.
    True
    False

  4. The staff likes Luke.
    True
    False

  5. The staff wants Michael to fire Luke.
    True
    False

  6. Michael sends Luke to the store to get more coffee.
    True
    False

  7. Michael wants the staff to be nicer to Luke.
    True
    False

  8. Luke is Michael's nephew.
    True
    False

  9. Michael thinks nepotism is wrong.
    True
    False

  10. Oscar thinks nepotism is wrong.
    True
    False

  11. Michael didn't tell anyone that Luke was related to him.
    True
    False

  12. Michael makes a joke about genes and jeans.
    True
    False

  13. The staff is excited about the ice-cream that Luke bought.
    True
    False

  14. Michael asks Luke to leave the meeting.
    True
    False

  15. Luke shines the laser pointer into Michael's eye.
    True
    False

  16. Luke starts crying after Michael spanks him.
    True
    False

  17. The staff is angry that Michael spanked Luke.
    True
    False

  18. Luke had been talking about the staff on his Twitter account.
    True
    False

Score:


Grammar 문법 Gramática Gramática Граматика (phrasal verbs)

Directions: Choose the word (particle) that best completes the phrasal verb.

  • Do you want to just drink it or should I drive all the way ?
  • He messed yours too?
  • It's just coffee guys. But yeah, I'll look it. Ok?
  • Who is going to tell us? Gabe?
  • Luke. Not on Oscar's head! All right Luke. Come . Stop it.
  • Michael, do your job! Sack man!
  • Ok. I'm going to count from five.

Score:



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

Luke / bring / Michael / Darryl / wrong / coffee

Luke brings Michael and Darryl the wrong coffee.



Sentence 2

staff / hate / Luke / and / they / want / Michael / fire / him

The staff hates Luke, and they want Michael to fire him.



Sentence 3

Michael / send / Luke / supermarket / that / they / can / have / meeting / Luke

Michael sends Luke to the supermarket so that they can have a meeting [about/without] Luke.



Sentence 4

Michael / not / want / staff / bother / Luke

Michael doesn't want the staff to bother Luke.



Sentence 5

Michael / admit / Luke / nephew

Michael admits (that) Luke is his nephew.



Sentence 6

Michael / disappointed / because / he / want / make / joke / jean / and / gene

Michael is disappointed because he wanted to make a joke about jeans and genes.



Sentence 7

Oscar / say / hire / Luke / nepotism

Oscar says (that) hiring Luke is nepotism.



Sentence 8

Michael / want / staff / give / Luke / special / treatment / because / he / Michael / nephew

Michael wants the staff to give Luke special treatment because he is Michael's nephew.



Sentence 9

staff / get / upset / because / Luke / bring / back / wrong / type / ice / cream

The staff gets upset because Luke brings back the wrong type of ice cream.



Sentence 10

Michael / kick / Luke / out / meeting / because / he / keep / bother / people / laser / pointer

Michael kicks Luke out of the meeting because he keeps bothering people with [his/a] laser pointer.



Sentence 11

Luke / continue / bother / people / laser / pointer / after / he / leave / meeting

Luke continues to bother people with [his/the] laser pointer after he leaves the meeting.

Luke continues to bother people with [his/the] laser pointer after leaving the meeting.



Sentence 12

Michael / count / down / five / and / then / give / Luke / spanking

Michael counts down from five and then gives Luke a spanking.



Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión Обговорення

  1. What are three inappropriate things that Michael does in this video?
  2. What are three inappropriate things that other people do in this video?
  3. Michael makes a joke about jeans and genes. Can you explain the joke?
  4. If you were the manager, how would you deal with an employee like Luke?
  5. Is nepotism always bad? Is it okay to hire family members for a small business?
  6. Have you ever worked with someone that you are related to? How was it? Would you want to work with a family member in the future?

Script 대본 Roteiro Guion Сценарій

Luke: The coffee monkey has arrived.

Oscar: The coffee was supposed to be here at nine.

Luke: Here you go big Oh. Tiny. Darryl Hanna.

Darryl: This says decaf. Did you get me decaf?

Luke: Oooo yeah. There must have been some sort of mix up there. Do you want to just drink it or should I drive all the way back?

Luke: My name is Luke Cooper. I love cinema. My favorite movies are Citizen Kane and the Boondog Saints.

Andy: That kid is the worst. He needs to be fired Michael.

Michael: He's not the worst. Ok. He's not the worst. Mmmm ... it's not cappuccino.

Oscar: He messed yours up too?

Darryl: He's got to go, Mike.

Michael: It's just coffee guys. But yeah, I'll look into it. Ok?

Michael: Luke, I want you to go to the supermarket for me.

Luke: What for?

Michael: To get some ice-cream for everybody. It's national ice-cream afternoon. Great.


Michael: Don't - Bother - Luke.

Pam: Why is there a circle with a line through it?

Michael: That means don't. Haven't you seen Ghostbusters, Pam?

Phyllis: Why can't we bother Luke? He deserves it.

Michael: Because I don't want it getting back to Saber that we are yelling at assistants. I think that it would reflect poorly on us.

Dwight: Who is going to tell on us, Gabe?

Michael: No. It won't be Gabe. But actually there is somebody in the office who is very very close to Luke.

Toby: Guys, I think Michael and Luke are related.

Michael: No. No, Toby. He's not. Yes he is. He's my nephew.

Everyone: What?

Michael: Luke is my nephew.

Oscar: Michael. That is nepotism. Luke is getting special treatment because he is your nephew.

Michael: Yes exactly. That's a very nice way of putting it, Oscar. Mixing family and business is a beautiful thing.

Oscar: This is hypothetical. We are talking about Luke, who happens to be terrible.

Michael: Well then why aren't you bugging me to fire everybody who is bad? You just want me to fire Luke. That's reverse nepotism. He should not be punished because he is related to me and bad at what he does.

Oscar: If there is nothing wrong with this Michael, why have you been keeping it a secret?

Michael: Because I wanted you come to me and say, “Wow he is so great.” And I was gonna say, “Well it's in the genes.” And I was actually going to be wearing jeans. And I'd point to them. Right? No. Because you ruined it. So thank you very much.

Michael: Here he comes. Guys, look. I don't want you to treat him like anyone else in the office. I just want you to treat him like my nephew.

Michael: Hey. There he is!! There he is!!

Kevin: Wait, soy ice-cream. Did you get real ice-cream?

Pam: Or enough for everyone?

Luke: No man. There was no list. But I got bagel chips.

Oscar: Oh. My favorite part of an ice-cream party – the bagel chips.


Michael: Luke is going to use is laser pointer to point to accounts setup. You click on that first and then a whole new... No! No! No! Luke. Come on. Come on. Not on Oscar's head! All right Luke. Come on. Stop it.

Luke: What? I'm stopping it. That's what you said!

Michael: Give me the pointer. Come on. Luke seriously.

Luke: All right, fine! Fine! I'll just go.

Michael: Ok. Good job. Ok, email accounts. So we are starting with accounts setup.

Andy: Oh my god. Is it in my eyeball?

Meredith: Yes.

Andy: I think he's burning my eye!

Pam: Michael, do something.

Meredith: Sack up man!

Michael: Luke, can I have that? Ok. I'm going to count down from five. Five - four - I'm not kidding - three - two - one. You are going to learn to be more professional Luke. That's what you are going to do Luke.

Luke: What the hell was that?

Michael: I had to do that!

Luke: %@#& this! Screw it!

Michael: All right. Are we good? You're ok. He's okay.

Kevin: That was awesome!

Stanley: Texas justice.

Mindy: Yeah, your nephew is so lame.

Creed: He has been trashing us relentlessly on twitter. Now it's funny stuff, but mean!

Jim: You follow him on twitter?

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