Fresh Off the Boat S 1 E 1

 

Vocabulary

1. Shaq
2. narc: Shut up, you little Chinese narc!
3. to haggle: Moms thought that everything was too much. She never understood that you couldn’t haggle at JC Penney’s.
4. Tiger Mom: Moms was always hard on me – way before all that Tiger Mom stuff.
5. anthem: see sentence below
6. black sheep: If you were an outsider, hip hop was your anthem, and I was definitely the black sheep in my family.
7. humidity: The humidity is not good for my hair.
8. exotic: I was expecting something a little more exotic.
9. to make waves: I want all of you to be polite, respectful, and don’t make waves.
10. janitor: I had to eat behind the gym where the janitor flies his kite.
11. hilarious: Mom, there’s a fat kid at school and he’s hilarious.
12. filthy: That filthy music you listen to turned you into a poet, boy!
13. numerous: I’ve told you numerous times . . .
14. product: Your hair is terrible. So was mine. I fixed it using product.
15. ch___: It’s my turn, ch_____.
16. fishy: The school’s fine with that? Fishy!
17. We’ll sue you so fast it will make your head spin.
18. to stand up for oneself: You do your best to not make waves, but I will never be mad at you for standing up for yourself.
19. At the end they use the word nut in a way that I’m not familiar with. It must have been some 1990’s slang that I never heard. You don’t need to know it.

 

Dialog

Mrs. Huang: I talked to my sister today. My brother bought a brand new Miata.

Mr. Huang: It’s not new. There’s no way that car is new.

Mrs. Huang: I think it’s new.

Mr. Huang: Nope.

Mrs. Huang: New

Mr. Huang: Nope. It’s not new.

Mrs. Huang: Eddie, why are you eating so much?

Eddie: I’m hungry.

Mrs. Huang: Didn’t you eat your lunch today?

Eddie. Yep. But I’m still hungry.

Mrs. Huang: How did you like the xiaolongbao I packed for you?

Eddie: It was really good.

Mrs. Huang: Liar! I did not pack xiaolongbao!

Eddie: OK. Fine. I threw my lunch away.

Mr. Huang: That’s wasteful, Eddie!

Mrs. Huang: I cannot believe you Eddie! This is good food I make. You love my food.

Eddie: I need white people lunch. That gets me a seat at the table. And then, you get to change the rules. Represent. Like Nas says. I’m not trying to eat with the janitor for the rest of my life. I’ve got big plans. First, get a seat at the table. Second, meet Shaq. Third, change the game, possibly with the help of Shaq.

Mr. Huang: Darn it, that was beautiful. That filthy music you listen to turned you into a poet, boy.