Wasabi Surprise
Day #097 @SITCOMEX aka Sitcom Excerpt with Test Questions featuring WTVAAQs + PAQ + PGA
When did you first try wasabi? How was the experience? Do you remember? What did you think of it? How did it make you you feel?
Watch this short scene from the 80s sitcom ‘The Nanny’ to see the surprizing effect wasabi has on one unsuspecting eater.
It is DEFINITELY not what you think.
After watching the clip, answer the vocabulary and comprehension questions underneath then check your recall.
Watch this short scene from the 80s sitcom ‘The Nanny’ to see the surprizing effect wasabi has on one unsuspecting eater.
It is DEFINITELY not what you think.
After watching the clip, answer the vocabulary and comprehension questions underneath then check your recall.
Activity#1 @WTVAATQ aka
Watch The Video And Answer The Questions
Activity#2@PAQ aka
Practice Asking Questions
Listen to the questions first then repeat. Check the accuracy of your pronunciation.
Activity#2@PAQAGA aka
Practice Asking Questions
And Giving Answers
Check that you have understood the content.
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Activity#3@TAT aka
Transcript And Translation
Translation courtesy of Mari
| n | You’ve had sushi before haven’t you, Nanny Fine.. |
| m | Oh Yeah! Sure, sure sure sure…Huh! Smells like fish here. Oh look! Samples . Tastes a little rubbery. |
| You’re eating the display | |
| n | You’re turning into my mother. You know. Once she ate a half of a plastic Oreo cookie before she realized it was a refrigerator magnet…. |
| Ms Babcock. Did you you ever think that a guy was coming onto you and it turns out that he really had no interest in you at all? | |
| m | Oh! Happens to me all the time. |
| n | Hmmmmmmmmm. So, what’s the green stuff? |
| m | It’s Wasabi. It’s like mustard. It gives it a real kick. |
| n | Ooh, I love mustard. |
| So, tell me. How’s working with Marvin Hamlisch? | |
| m | How should I know? I’ve never met the man. |
| n | Well. What about that picture in the paper? |
| m | Oh Nannifine….I know the editor. |
| m | The entire cover was a fake. |
| n | You mean Pepe didn’t fly the plane? |
| m | Nanny Fine. You’ve got to help me. You have to get Maxwell to ask me back. |
| m | Please Nanny Fine. You’ve just got to do this for me. For all time’s sake. We go way back. |
| m | Remember that time you ate the rubber shrimp? Hahaha Gha Gha haaaaaaaa… |
| n | Gee! You know that mustard really clears up the nasal passages. |
| n | I LIKE it. I wonder how long it’s going to last. |
| n | ナニ−ファイン、寿司を食べたことがあるんだよね… |
| m | そうさ！もちろん、もちろん、もちろん…おお！魚の臭いがするな。ああ、見て！サンプルだ。味は少しゴムっぽいね。 |
| 見本を食べてるからだよ。 | |
| n | 君は母さんみたいだよ。知ってるよね？母さんはプラスチックのオレオクッキーを冷蔵庫のマグネットだと気づかないで、半分食べちゃったことがあるんだ… |
| バブコックさん。男に言い寄られていると思ったら、本当は全く興味がなかったみたいな経験はある？ | |
| m | ああ！そんなのよくあることだよ。 |
| n | ふーん。で、緑のは何？ |
| m | わさびだよ。マスタードみたいなものかな。これがまた強烈なんだ。 |
| n | おー、マスタードは大好きだ。 |
| じゃあ、教えてよ。マーヴィン・ハムリッシュとの仕事はどう？ | |
| m | そんな事わかんないよ。彼にに会ったことがないからね。 |
| n | そうか。新聞の写真はなんなの？ |
| m | ああ、ナニフィー…編集者と知り合いなんだよ。 |
| m | 表紙は全部でっち上げだよ。 |
| n | ぺぺは飛行機を操縦しなかったってこと？ |
| m | ナニ−ファイン。助けてよ。マクスウェルに私を戻すように言ってよ。 |
| m | ナニ−ファイン、お願いだよ。私のためにやってくれ。今までのこともあるし、昔からの仲だろう。 |
| m | ゴムのエビを食べた時のこと覚えてる？はははガ ハハハハハハハ… |
| n | げっ！マスタードは鼻の通りを良くするの知ってた？ |
| n | 良いね。いつまで続くかな。 |
What about You? Tell Us!
How was YOUR Experience?
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Have you ever tried wasabi?
When was it?
How was the experience?
Do you remember?
What did you think of it?
How did it make you you feel?
Mark the lesson as complete