Weekend with TV: House of Cards

Engramme's Weekend with TV #11: House of Cards (Listening B1-B2)

Hello there, engrammers! Welcome to the 11th edition of Engramme's Weekend with TV. As the title of the post reveals, this weekend's a scene from a TV series comes from the famous "House of Cards". So sit back, relax, enjoy and learn :)

Watch, Listen & Enjoy

"House of Cards" (American version) is the story of a Congressman by the name of Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) who is stopped dead in his tracks trying to become Secretary of State to Mr. Walker whom he helped become President of the United States. Frank accepts defeat but works secretly with his equally conniving wife Claire (Robin Wright) to take revenge on all the people who betrayed him, including the President himself. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the series as a whole is Frank's monologs that are indicative of a Machiavellian attitude to political affairs.

Watch the Opening Scene from Episode 1: According to Frank, what is the difference between the "two types of pain" ? Which type does he hate?

Let's Learn

Watch Again: The colored words below are not exactly what the speakers say. Listen carefully and find out what 'the actual words' are¹:

- Jesus! - Did you get a cookbook? - Blue Toyota Camry. That's alas aw. - That's the Whartons' dog. - Aw, man. - He's not gonna naked. Go see if they're home. - Shh, Shh! It's okay. There’re talkings of pain: the sort of pain that make shoe strong, or useless pain, the sort of pain that's only sulfur in. I have no patience for useless things. Moments like this require someone who willac, who will do the unpleasant thing, the necessary thing. There. Nome or pay.

(see the first comment below for the answers)

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Practice the Vocabulary from this lesson HERE

Did You Notice? If you move your mouse over the underlined words and expressions in the text, you see their meanings and more ;)

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1 This is an exercise in recognizing the sounds of English in connected speech. It will help you distinguish sounds in a stream of speech, and as a result, develop your power of listening.^↩