Modern Family S01E01 Pilot Lesson 1

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Vocabulary and Expressions:

• Get down here

• That’s not gonna happen

• You’re not wearing that outfit

• Way too…

• Banister

• I got it

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Why it is funny (Cultural references):

• Do you have anything to say about…? / Yeah it looks cute

• I’ve done my job.

Phil: …Our job.
Claire: Right. I’ve done our job.

 

Listening and Pronunciation:

• Would you...

• Just a...

• Why are you

• Luke got his head is stuck in the banister again.

 

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Scene: Dunphy household

Claire: Kids, breakfast! Kids! Ugh, Phil, would you get them?

Phil: (busy on cellphone) Yeah. Just a sec.

Claire: Kids! (drops container) Okay.

Phil: That is so… Kids! Get down here!

Hayley: (enters) Why are you guys yelling at us when we’re way upstairs? Just text me.

Claire: Alright, that’s not gonna happen and wow, you’re not wearing that outfit.

Hayley: What’s wrong with it?

Claire: Honey, do you have anything to say to your daughter about her skirt?

Phil: (looks up from cellphone) Sorry. Oh yeah, it looks really cute, sweetheart.

Hayley: Thanks.

Claire: No, it’s way too short. People know you’re a girl; you don’t need to prove it to them.

Alex: (enters) Luke got his head is stuck in the banister again.

Phil: I got it. Where’s the baby oil?

Claire: It’s on our bedside tab- (mutters) I dunno. Find it. (walks into cupboard door) Come on!

(Commentary)

Claire: I was… out of control growing up. There, you know, I said it. I… I just don’t want my kids to make the same bad mistakes that I made. If Hayley never wakes up on a beach in Florida half-naked, I’ve done my job.

Phil: …Our job.

Claire: Right. I’ve done our job.

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