Friends! The One with all the poker

A)    Before watching.

Answer the following questions

• What’s the best way of getting a job?
• Is your resume updated?
• What information should be included in a good resume?

B)   Now watch the scene to find out:

1. What’s everybody doing?
2. Why is Rachel looking for a new job?
3. What’s wrong with the resumes?

C)   After watching:

Which of these terms connected to WORK appear in the scene?

          job       experience      skills    resumes    employee    wage      waiter    waitress

        D) Working with the Script: 

Listen to the scene again and fill in the gaps with the expressions in the box.

caught                   I'm sick of  (x2(            running low             proofread            

ROSS: Uh, Rach, we're ________________ on resumes over here.

MNCA: Do you really want a job with Popular Mechanics? 

CHAN: Well, if you're gonna work for mechanics, those are the ones       to work for.

RACH: Hey, look, you guys, I'm going for anything here, OK? I cannot be a waitress anymore, I mean it. ________________ the lousy tips, ______________of being called 'Excuse me...' 

ROSS: Rach, did you ______________ these? 

RACH: Uh... yeah, why? 

ROSS: Uh, nothing, I'm sure they'll be impressed with your

      excellent compuper skills. 

RACH: [upset] Oh my Goood! Oh, do you think it's on all of them? 

JOEY: Oh no, I'm sure the Xerox machine __________________   a few.

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The Nanny SONG

The theme song to one of the best shows ever!

1. Before doing the activities, pay attention to these words:

Fanny: buttocks

Flushing: neighborhood in the north central part of the City of New York borough of Queens, 10 miles (16 km) east of Manhattan.

Crushing: shocking, severe.

Flair: a uniquely attractive quality

Tan: a light yellowish brown. Like th

Flashy: ostentatious or showy often beyond the bounds of good taste.

2. Here are the lyrics. But the lines are all mixed up! Put the lines in the correct order. Then, check with the song.



She was out on her fanny.
She was working in a bridal shop in Flushing, Queens,
What was she to do, where was she to go?
Til her boyfriend kicked her out in one of those crushing scenes


She had style, she had flair, she was there,
So over the bridge from Flushing to the Sheffield's door,
She was there to sell make up but the father saw more,
That's how she became the Nanny.


was just exactly what the doctor prescribed?
Who would have guessed that the girl we described

3. In the last stanza, complete the gaps, choosing from these expressions:

such joie de vivre  -   the nanny named Fran - 

else is wearing tan -   watch out C.C.

Now, the father finds her beguiling, ______________________
The kids are actually smiling, _________________________
She's the lady in red when everybody ____________________
The flashy girl from Flushing, _________________________

And here's the ... KEY! 

She was working in a bridal shop in Flushing, Queens,
Til her boyfriend kicked her out in one of those crushing scenes.
What was she to do, where was she to go
She was out on her fanny.

So over the bridge from Flushing to the Sheffield's door,
She was there to sell make up but the father saw more,
She had style, she had flair, she was there,
That's how she became the Nanny.

Who would have guessed that the girl we described
was just exactly what the doctor prescribed?

Now, the father finds her beguiling, watch out C.C.,
The kids are actually smiling, such joie de vivre
She's the lady in red when everybody else is wearing tan.
The flashy girl from Flushing, the Nanny named Fran.
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