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LOUIS CK ON SOVIET UNION
LOUIS CK ON SOVIET UNION
VOCABULARY
- To be burnt out – to work so hard that you get extremely tired (выгореть на работе):
- A lot of school teachers burn out fast because of the high pressure and low salaries.
To quit a job – to leave a job (уйти с работы):
- He quit his job after an argument with the head of the company
A nervous breakdown – a period of mental illness that results in anxiety and a feeling of great sadness (нервный срыв):
- My aunt was close to having a nervous breakdown last week.
To take two weeks off - to take a 2-week break from work (взять 2 недели отпуска):
- I took two weeks off and visited my relatives.
Weird things – very strange and unusual things (странные вещи):
- The weirdest things happened to me there.
- Sometimes people do weird things in pursuit of success.
To hand sth to smb – to give something to someone (протянуть что-то кому-то):
- He handed me a can of coke.
To be worth ($100) – to cost $100 (стоить 100$):
- One of these pictures is worth 50.000$.
- My apartment is worth quite a lot of money.
A bill – a piece of paper that shows how much you have to pay for the meal (счет в ресторане):
- Put it on my bill (добавьте это в мой счет).
- Could we have the bill, please?
To sell sth on the side – to sell something illegally (продать из-под полы, тайно, в обход кассы)
- The waiter sold me a can of Coke on the side.
EXERCISES
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Choose the correct answer.
Louis C.K. went to Russia:
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True or false?
As a child, he sympathized with the heroes in Russian books.
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True or false?
At the time, Russia was a very well-organized country.
At the time, Russia was a very well-organized country.
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True or false?
The waiter charged the speaker 15 dollars for the Coke.
The waiter charged the speaker 15 dollars for the Coke.
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True or false?
The waiter left because he needed to get change for the speaker's money.
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Your result
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Video with subtitles
- b: "I can't really explain any decisions I made then";
- True, because the speaker used to read Russian novels, and he loved them, and he would open all the windows because he wanted to be cold like the heroes were;
- False, because Russia was a really crazy place at the time;
- False, because the speaker was charged 5 dollars, not 15;
- False, because the waiter quit his job.
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