A Japanese Technique to Overcome Laziness

IDIOMS

(0:16) "You can pick up where he left off."

-You can continue doing whatever it was he was doing before he stopped.

Mike and Molly- Boat

Vocabulary

SHE- Mike continually refers to the boat as “she.”  This old tradition is thought to stem from the fact that in the Romance languages, the word for "ship" is always in the feminine. For this reason, Mediterranean sailors always referred to their ship as "she", and the practice was adopted over the centuries by their English-speaking counterparts.

Arm floaties- plastic flotation devices usually used by children who can’t swim.

Crew- the people who work on the boat

Sea do re-do- he is referring to the boat because they are fixing it up.

See someone in a completely different light- see someone with a new perspective.

Hemorrhoids- a swollen vein or veins in the region of the rectum often caused by long periods of sitting, which is the case for Mike as he sits for long periods of time with Carl in their squad (police) car.

Playing along- doing what you think someone wants you to do to make them happy

Bear in mind- don’t forget

Talked it up- spoke well about it

Harpoon- a long spear like weapon used to catch fish or whales

Hunk a junk- something worthless

B.S. spiel- an elaborate story that is untrue

That sucker swallowed it hook, line, and sinker- that foolish person believe it

A tickle- a little amount of money

Cheesed off- angry

Questions

1.     Carl asks if he can’t just wear what?

2.     Ship rules say every passenger has to have their own what?

3.     What is Mike’s excuse for not having to wear a lifevest?

4.     What has the boat shown Mike?

5.     Who is Mike happy to call his captain?

6.     Carl says it’s about time Mike found someone else to look up to and that he’s done what all these years in his own quiet way?

7.     What does Mike say is the only thing Carl has ever given him?

8.     Mike believes that Vince sees him like a what?

9.     Mike thinks he can do what by playing along?

10. What does Mike tell Carl to bear in mind?

11. When Mike opens the garage door and the boat isn’t there what does Carl tell him to do?

12. What happened to the boat?

13. Vince tells the mailman a story about the boat.  What does Vince say he does with the boat?

14. What did it look like when the mailman took the boat away with his tiny little jeep?

15. Mike is upset Vince sold the boat and Mike says that he’s a bigger what than the mailman?

16. Carl takes Vince’s money and says it’s for what?

ANSWERS Mike and Molly- Soup

1.     When Joyce asks what the stench is, what is Mike’s response?

It’s his dinner.

2.     Mike says he hopes they had fun and Joyce tells him they had a blast.  What did Molly win?

A trivia contest

3.     What place did Joyce come in at the limbo contest?

Third

4.     What does Mike say he’s eating and how long has it been there?

A can of crap that’s been there since he moved in.

5.     Molly says that no one is forcing him to eat old soup.  What else is there?

Peanuts and beats.

6.     Mike asks Molly if she did anything productive today and she responds by saying she guesses he didn’t see what?

That the laundry got done.

7.     Who did the laundry?

Vince

8.     When Mike says she was supposed to do it and Molly gets upset, Joyce says that is their cue.  Victoria says good because what is getting to her?

The fumes from that portapotty soup.

9.     Mike says that stink is his dinner that he had to cook himself.  What is it that Molly didn’t realize?

Her job was to cook him dinner and be the perfect little wife.

10. Mike says what would probably happen if it was her job?

She’d be fired.

11. Where is Mike taking his sad, stinky soup?

To go

Mike and Molly- Soup

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Vocabulary

Mm, mm not good- the slogan for a popular brand of soup in America (Cambell’s Soup) is “Mm, mm good.”

Aloha- this is a greeting in Hawaii

Stench- bad smell

Lentils- a type of bean

Saddest of the soups- the worst soup

The limbo- a contest to see who can walk under a stick, leaning backwards, at its lowest point.

That’s our cue- that’s our signal to leave

Portapotty- a portable toilet often used on construction sites, or at outdoor fairs.

Questions

1.     When Joyce asks what the stench is, what is Mike’s response?

2.     Mike says he hopes they had fun and Joyce tells him they had a blast.  What did Molly win?

3.     What place did Joyce come in at the limbo contest?

4.     What does Mike say he’s eating and how long has it been there?

5.     Molly says that no one is forcing him to eat old soup.  What else is there?

6.     Mike asks Molly if she did anything productive today and she responds by saying she guesses he didn’t see what?

7.     Who did the laundry?

8.     When Mike says she was supposed to do it and Molly gets upset, Joyce says that is their cue.  Victoria says good because what is getting to her?

9.     Mike says that stink is his dinner that he had to cook himself.  What is it that Molly didn’t realize?

10. Mike says what would probably happen if it was her job?

11. Where is Mike taking his sad, stinky soup?

Idioms- "You've turned on the lights and given their biggest boogyman a name."

(0:48) "You've turned on the lights and given their biggest boogyman a name."
You've exposed them and named their most dangerous secret.

Mike and Molly- Moonroof Mike

Mike and Molly

Moonroof Mike

·      After Mike accidentally shoots a hole in the roof of his squad (police) car, his colleagues gather to make fun of him.

Vocabulary

Marksmanship- skill in shooting well

Clean shooting- a good shot

That roof was coming at you (atcha)- the roof of the car was attacking him

Moon roof- many cars have “sun roofs” and “moon roofs” which are both an extra window in the roof of the car.

Everybody get their shots in- he’s telling everyone to go ahead and insult him and or make jokes about what he did.

Don’t take this the wrong way- sorry to have to tell you this

Watch my back- look out for me, protect me

Show of hands- raise your hands to show affirmation or a willingness to do something.

Ride shotgun- to travel in the car with someone as a passenger

Couples counseling- counseling for married couples, or in this case, partners who work together

Mississippi Burning- a movie about crimes against black people and civil rights activists

Questions

1.     What is Mike just in time for?

2.     What is Mike being honored with?

3.     What was coming at him?

4.     Mike tells everyone to get their shots in and what does his colleague ask?

5.     Mike says to his new partner he wants to get out of there and leave.  She tells him she’s not going with him and doesn’t want to be his partner anymore.  He tells her he told her they should have kept the shotgun where?

6.     She wants a partner who isn’t going to accidentally shoot her where?

7.     Mike’s usual partner, Carl raises his hand and tells everyone that Mike is the best cop in there.  By what standards, however, may he not be?

8.     Carl says they had some good times and Mike agrees.  Carl says that they’ll have to go where?

9.     Mike asks Carl what changed his mind and he responds that he’s been riding around with what?

10. Mike says he gets it (understands) and tells Carl that his new partner hates what?