ANSWERS- Everybody Loves Raymond- Robert is the Funniest Man Alive

1.     What does Deborah want to use the word “selfless” to describe?

Marie’s work as a piano teacher

2.     What did Robert hear they were writing?

A family Christmas letter

3.     What did he do?

Write his biography

4.     How would he like it inserted?

Verbatim

5.     How long has it been since Marie has written a Christmas letter?

Ten years

6.     Did Robert like the way he was portrayed in the Christmas letter written ten years ago?

No

7.     What did he make a solemn pledge to do?

Never let that happen again.

8.     Raymond is defending his job, and claims to have 600,000 “discriminating readers.”  Robert  says that Ray has included in his definition of discriminating people who do their reading with their elbow on a roll of toilet paper.  What does he mean by this?

People reading while on the toilet in the bathroom

9.     Ray accuses Robert of competing with him all the time and Robert realizes that he actually saved a Christmas family letter for 10 years in a what?

Zip-lock bag

10. When something bad happens to Robert what does he pray for?

Raymond not to do so good that day

11. What is the prayer Robert says?

“Come on God, get him.”

Everybody Loves Raymond- Robert is the Funniest Man Alive

Vocabulary

Selfless- giving to people freely, expecting nothing in return

Turned some heads- got people’s attention

Precinct- a police station

Bio- short for biography which is information about an individual

Family Christmas letter- a letter people sometimes write to send out to people informing them of things going on in their family

Verbatim- using the exact same words, word for word

Portrayed- described

Solid pledge- a serious promise

So hot- really great

Discriminating readers- analytical readers selective in what they read (sophisticated)

Zip lock bag- a plastic bag used to keep food fresh

Questions

1.     What does Deborah want to use the word “selfless” to describe?

2.     What did Robert hear they were writing?

3.     What did he do?

4.     How would he like it inserted?

5.     How long has it been since Marie has written a Christmas letter?

6.     Did Robert like the way he was portrayed in the Christmas letter written ten years ago?

7.     What did he make a solemn pledge to do?

8.     Raymond is defending his job, and claims to have 600,000 “discriminating readers.”  Robert  says that Ray has included in his definition of discriminating people who do their reading with their elbow on a roll of toilet paper.  What does he mean by this?

9.     Ray accuses Robert of competing with him all the time and Robert realizes that he actually saved a Christmas family letter for 10 years in a what?

10. When something bad happens to Robert what does he pray for?

11. What is the prayer Robert says?

Idioms and phrases- overdue holiday

(0:16-0:18) "I was taking some overdue holiday."
This is British English and means time off from work that was long awaited, needed or expected for some time.  In American English we would say "I was taking some overdue time off."  Or we might say, "I was taking an overdue vacation."

ANSWERS Everybody Loves Raymond- The Best of Season 6

1.     What is the name of Jeffery’s story?

The Angry Family

2.     Who was the mommy mad at?

The daddy

3.     Who were the mommy and daddy very angry with?

The grandpa

4.     Who got mad at everybody?

The grandma

5.     He says the grown ups were always very loud and what did they do to the kids’ ears?

Hurt them

6.     Ray says that there are times when Deborah does what?

Yell for no reason

7.     Ray says that maybe that’s what he’s what?

Picking up on

8.     What is Deborah pretty sure of?

The leading characters in that story were from the Barone side.

9.     He’s thinking that what part is probably Deborah?

The loud part

10. Deborah says that he’s blaming her and he’s what?

Completely free and clear

11. Ray says he is not the yeller and what does Deborah say he is?

The reason for the yeller.

Everybody Loves Raymond- The Best of Season 6

Everybody Loves Raymond

The Best of ELR Season 6

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Vocabulary

Grown ups- adults

Picking up on- learning something, detecting something, understanding something

Leading characters- the main characters in a story

Barone side- Ray’s side of the family (the family name is Barone)

Free and clear- innocent

Yeller- a person who raises their voice

Questions

1.     What is the name of Jeffery’s story?

2.     Who was the mommy mad at?

3.     Who were the mommy and daddy very angry with?

4.     Who got mad at everybody?

5.     He says the grown ups were always very loud and what did they do to the kids’ ears?

6.     Ray says that there are times when Deborah does what?

7.     Ray says that maybe that’s what he’s what?

8.     What is Deborah pretty sure of?

9.     He’s thinking that what part is probably Deborah?

10. Deborah says that he’s blaming her and he’s what?

11. Ray says he is not the yeller and what does Deborah say he is?