Dr Ray

Summer 2022,

Professional English

Course 101, Student Exercise, Chapter 3



Exercise Quiz, Chapter 3

Article: Raining Money
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ROSS: Wha--? Whoa, hey, I don't want my birthday to be the source of any kind of negative--there's gonna be a hoopla?

RACHEL: Basically, there's the thing, and then there's the stuff after the thing.

MONICA: If it makes anybody feel better, then we can just forget the thing, and we'll just do the gift.

ROSS: G-gift? The thing's not the gift?

CHANDLER: No, the thing was, we were gonna go see Hootie and the Blowfish.

ROSS: Hootie and the--oh my. I, I can catch them on the radio.

PHOEBE: No, now I feel bad. You wanna go to the concert.

ROSS: No, look, hey, it's my birthday, and the important thing is that we all be together.Answer

CHANDLER: Gee, Monica, what's in the bag?

MONICA: I don't know, Chandler. Let's take a look.

PHOEBE: Oh, it's like a skit.

MONICA: Why, it's dinner for six. 5 steaks, and an eggplant for Phoebe. ...

MONICA: Yeah, we switched meat suppliers at work, and the new guys gave me the steaks as sort of a thank-you.

ROSS: But wait, there's more. Hey, Chandler, what is in the envelope?

CHANDLER: By the way, this didn't seem so dorky in the hall.

ROSS: Come on.

CHANDLER: Why, it's six tickets to Hootie and the Blowfish! The Blowfish! Answer

MONICA: It's on us, all right, so don't worry. It's our treat.

PHOEBE: So...Thank you.

ROSS: Could you be less enthused?

JOEY: Look, it's a nice gesture, it is. But it just feels like--

MONICA: Like?

JOEY: Charity.

MONICA: Charity?

ROSS: We're just tryin' to do a nice thing here.

RACHEL: Ross, you have to understand that your nice thing makes us feel this big.

PHOEBE: Actually, it makes us feel that big.

ROSS: I don't, I don't understand. I mean, you, it's like we can't win with you guys.

CHANDLER: If you guys feel this big, maybe that's not our fault. Maybe that's just how you feel.

JOEY: Oh, now you're tellin' us how we feel.

RACHEL: Ok, we never shoulda talked about this.Answer

PHOEBE: I'm just gonna pass on the concert, 'cause I'm just not in a very Hootie place right now.

RACHEL: Me neither.

JOEY: Me too.

MONICA: Guys, we bought the tickets.

PHOEBE: Oh, well, then you'll have extra seats, you know, for all your tiaras and stuff.

CHANDLER: Why did you look at me when you said that?

MONICA: Well, I guess now we can't go.

RACHEL: What? Come on, you do what you want to do. Do we always have to do everything together?

MONICA: You know what? You're right.

....[Monica, Ross, and Chandler leave]Answer

[Next Day at coffee ship]CHANDLER: Yeah, we really missed you guys. [at the concert last night]JOEY: Yeah, look, we were just saying, this whole thing is really stupid.PHOEBE: We just have to really, really, really, not let stuff like money [get between us].

[but the conversation accidentally turns to how much fun Monica, Ross, and Chandler really had]PHOEBE: Oh! I can't believe it. I can't believe this. We're just like, sitting at home, trying to guess Joey's fingers, and you guys are out like partying and having fun, and you know, [partying with the ban afterwards!]

ROSS: Look, don't blame us. You guys coulda been there, you know.RACHEL: What, as part of your poor friends outreach program?

(Monica's pager goes off)MONICA: It's work. [she makes a call]

CHANDLER: I don't know what to say. I'm sorry that we make more money than you. But we're not gonna feel guilty about it. We work really hard for it.JOEY: And we don't work hard?

CHANDLER: I'm just saying that sometimes we like to do stuff that costs a little more.JOEY: And you feel like we hold you back.

CHANDLER: Yes.RACHEL: Oh!CHANDLER: No.

MONICA [get’s off phone]: ... I just got fired.PHOEBE: Oh.(Everyone goes over to comfort Monica)

WAITRESS: Here's your check. That'll be $4.12.JOEY: Let me get that. [turns to Chandler] You got five bucks?Answer

... end.