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Fresh Off The Boat S 1 E 2

Dialog

Mr. Huang: Jessica, what brings you to Cattleman’s Ranch?

Mrs. Huang: I realized, why not have the boys do CLC here. That way I can also help you at the restaurant. Unless you don’t want me here.

Mr. Huang: Oh, no, of course I want you here.

Mrs. Huang: Good! Boys! CLC. This booth. If Mitch steals two croutons per hour, and a three-pound box costs five dollars, how many days until we are on the street?

Evan: How many croutons per box? What are we paying for rent? How can I solve for X when I don’t know Z?

Eddie: Nerd!

Evan: Student: Eddie Huang. Infraction: Slander.

Emory: He’s tough, but he’s fair.

Mrs. Huang: Nancy! What did I tell you about extra napkins? Also, why are we out of tea bags?

Mr. Huang: I don’t want you here!

Mrs. Huang: I knew it! As soon as you expressed emotions with words . . . .

Mr. Huang: Why do you micromanage everything?

Mrs. Huang: Why am I the only one who cares that we are losing money? I’m just looking out for our family.

Mr. Huang: So am I, but I’m doing it in a nicer way. You should treat people how you want to be treated.

Mrs. Huang: You think people are inherently good, but they are not.

Customer: I’m sorry, could I just get my check please?

Mr. Huang. I’m sorry. My son got straight A’s and I told my wife I love her. Please bear with us. We’re going through a rough patch.

Mrs. Huang: Look at that table, look at that table! They are about to dine and dash. They’ve ordered the most expensive items on the menu. They’ve been there a long time and they haven’t paid. And that one guy is pumping up his sneaker.

Mr. Huang: I’ll take care of this.

Mrs. Huang: How? By killing them with kindness? Showering them with napkins? No, you make them pay, then you kick them out!

Mr. Huang: I will handle this my way!

Vocabulary

1. to terrify: As a kid, there are things that terrify you.
2. report cards: When do report cards come out?
3. croutons
4. to clog: Is that why you have clogged the pepper holes?
5. forgery kit: I’ve got a forgery kit n my room.
6. rookie: I’m not making the same rookie mistake I made last year.
7. I’m rooting for you.
8. slippery slope: It’s a slippery slope.
9. teacher’s pet
10. mama’s boy
11. This sucks!
12. You play the cards you’re dealt with.
13. chubby: Mitch, when you’re at Cattleman’s Ranch, I want you to feel like you’re being hugged by a matronly woman with chubby arms.
14. to micromanage: We showed our love through criticism and micromanagement.
15. Nerd!
16. Infraction: Slander.
17. to dine and dash
18. sappy: That’s how it was in my family. We didn’t do sappy “I love you’s”. We didn’t have to. We just showed it.
19. Academic: Looks like we’ll be going for academic scholarships.