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527 - Describing Men's Bodies

2009-11-06
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Slow dialogue: 1:13
Explanations: 2:32
Fast dialogue: 16:11

Justin: What are you ogling at?

Katrina: I’m watching those guys working across the street.

Justin: Those construction workers?

Katrina: Yeah, those prime examples of manhood. There’s not a flabby gut in the bunch.

Justin: I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t appreciate you watching them as though they were pieces of meat. Hasn’t anyone ever told you not to objectify the opposite sex?

Katrina: What? I’m not objectifying anybody. I’m just admiring their six-packs and guns. Look at those long, lean bodies.

Justin: Stop it! It’s demeaning, and on behalf of all men out there, I’m really offended. It’s disgusting.

Katrina: Is it disgusting to have a picture of Megan Fox on the wall in your office?

Justin: That’s different!

Katrina: How?

Justin: It’s her personality I admire.

Katrina: You could’ve fooled me.

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

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English Cafe #214

2009-11-04
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Topics: Psychological pricing; daytime soap operas; target versus objective versus purpose; the silent “b”: slumber versus plumber; there, there

Words:
whole number
to make change
to round up/down
chain
soap opera
longest-running
bizarre
plot twist
clone
to come back from the dead
of all time
coma
target
objective
purpose
slumber
plumber
there, there