Coupling – The Out Of Control Telephone Pause

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Coupling – The Out Of Control Telephone Pause

STEVE: HI, IT’S STEVE.
SUSAN: OH, HI, STEVE.
JEFF: SO WHAT WAS THE PAUSE FOR?

STEVE: I DON’T KNOW.I PANICKED.
JEFF: WHAT DID YOU DO AFTER THE PAUSE?

STEVE: WELL, THE PAUSE GOT OUT OF CONTROL.
JEFF: YOU KEPT PAUSING?!

STEVE: IT GOT AWAY FROM ME.
STEVE: AT FIRST, IT WAS JUST A NORMAL PAUSE, A COLLECT-YOUR-THOUGHTS PAUSE.
JEFF: THAT’S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.
STEVE: BUT THEN THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THE PAUSE.AND NOW THE PAUSE IS TOO LONG TO IGNORE!

JEFF: YEAH, THE PAUSE IS LIKE A WHOLE THIRD PERSON IN THE CONVERSATION.
STEVE: EXACTLY!

JEFF: ONLY NOT SAYING MUCH.
STEVE: RIGHT.
JEFF: LIKE PATRICK.
STEVE: NOW I’M A RABBIT IN HEADLIGHTS! THIS PAUSE IS JUST EXPANDING AND EXPANDING LIKE THIS OUT-OF-CONTROL THING!

JEFF: YEAH, LIKE IN THE BLOB!

STEVE: YES, LIKE IN– WHAT?

JEFF: THE BLOB, 50s HORROR MOVIE.THIS BLOB COMES FROM OUTER SPACE AND JUST KEEPS GROWING AND GROWING.
STEVE: RIGHT, THANKS.
JEFF: IT EATS PEOPLE! AND IN THE END THEY KILL IT BY ELECTROCUTION.BUT THAT BIT DOESN’T REALLY APPLY HERE.
STEVE: ANYWAY, I’VE GOT THE PHONE IN MY HAND AND I’M SAYING NOTHING.
JEFF: RIGHT.
STEVE: NO, NOTHING! NOTHING IS COMING INTO MY HEAD! I HAVE FORGOTTEN IN ONE MOMENT OF EMBARRASSMENT THE ENTIRE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

 JEFF: I HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS!

STEVE: I CAN FEEL MY HAIR SWEATING! OH, GOD, YEAH.
JEFF: AND THERE’S ALWAYS THIS PUPPY TRAPPED IN A CAR THAT YOU’VE GOT TO RESCUE!

STEVE: WHAT?

JEFF: OH, SORRY.I’M BACK ON THE BLOB THERE.THERE’S ALWAYS THIS PUPPY TRAPPED IN A CAR IN THOSE MOVIES.
STEVE: OKAY.SORRY.SO, UM THE BLOB FROM SPACE IS THE PAUSE

JEFF: YEAH.
STEVE: WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PUPPY?

PATRICK: LOVE.
STEVE: WHAT?

PATRICK: OBVIOUSLY, THE PUPPY REPRESENTS LOVE. YOU’VE GOT TO RESCUE THE PUPPY OF LOVE FROM THE CAR OF CONVERSATION.
STEVE: THAT’S RIGHT, ISN’T IT, JEFF?

SUSAN: STEVE?

STEVE:  HI, IT’S STEVE.
SUSAN: YOU SAID.
STEVEN: RIGHT–RIGHT, OF COURSE.UM UM THERE SEEMS TO BE A FAULT ON THIS LINE.
JEFF: BRILLIANT!

PATRICK: PRETTY GOOD.

Vocabulary

pause

szünet  

out of control

irányíthatatlan, kontrolt vesztett

to collect sb’s thoughts

összeszedni a gondolatát

acceptable

elfogadható

to ignore

figyelmen kívül hagy

headlights

fényszóró (az autón)

to expand

növekedni, terjeszkedni

blob

paca, folt

embarrassment

feszengés, kínos helyzet

to sweat

izzadni

puppy

kiskutya

to be trapped in

csapdában lenni

to rescue

kimenteni, megmenteni

obviously

nyilvánvalóan

to represent

képvisel, ábrázol

fault

hiba

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