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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?

Everybody Loves Raymond- Ouch! Low Blow

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Vocabulary

Low blow- an insensitive, inconsiderate insult, or a cheap shot in this case, literally below the belt

Hard on yourself- make yourself feel badly or guilty about something you’ve done wrong.

Maniac- Crazy person

Ex- a person you once went out with or were married to

Freaked out- lost control and got upset

Set this whole thing up- manipulate people to create a scenario for a specific reason

Voo-doo- witchcraft

Questions

1. What does Ginai say to Robert when he walks through the door?

2. Ray asks Robert what he’s doing there and what is his response?

3.What does Marie say after he tells them that?

4. Ray tells Robert not to be too hard on himself.  What does Deborah say?

5. What does he say he was to Amy?

6. Marie tells him he wasn’t and she thinks that Amy knows what?

7. He asks why he did that and what is Marie’s answer?

8.  What does Marie think this is proof of?

9. How does Marie say he can fix this?

10. Ray finally gets to tell Robert that his wife and mother set this whole thing up to do what?

11. What does Ray say they’re throwing at him?

12. What does Ray say you cannot manufacture?

13. Ray asks what he missed because he thinks what might have happened for a minute?

14. Deborah tells Ray to shut up and he asks her what she’s going to do to him because he’s what from the waste down?

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