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ESL Podcast 399 – A Bachelor Party
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ESL Podcast 399 – A Bachelor Party
GLOSSARY
best man – the man who helps the groom get ready for the wedding and who
stands next to the groom during a wedding, usually the groom’s best friend
* Kevin asked his younger brother to be his best man.
up to (someone) – depending on someone; someone’s responsibility;
someone’s decision
* Last year, I decided to take the family to Puerto Rico for our vacation, so this
year it’s up to my husband.
bachelor party – a party the night before a man gets married where only men
are invited that usually involves a lot of alcohol and perhaps women
* Lucienne asked her fiancé to make sure things didn’t get too wild at his
bachelor party.
groomsmen – the men who stand behind the groom and the best man during a
wedding, usually the groom’s closest friends
* Xavier’s groomsmen all wore gray suits with a yellow flower in their lapels.
to chip in – to give some money to help to pay for something
* Everyone at the office is chipping in to buy Samantha a stroller for her new
baby.
to go all out – to do something as much as possible, or in as big a way as
possible, with no limits
* They went all out decorating their home, buying the best of everything, no
matter how expensive it was.
strip club – a business where people (usually women) dance while taking off
their clothes, sometimes until they are completely naked
* Dana didn’t want to tell her parents that she worked at a strip club to make
money to pay for school.
stripper – a person who takes off his or her clothes for money, usually while
dancing to music
* Have you ever seen a stripper dance?
drinking game – a game that forces people to drink a lot of alcohol so that they
get drunk quickly
* If you’re going to play drinking games, make sure you get everyone’s keys first
so that no one can drive home drunk.
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gag gift – something that is given to another person as a joke to make him or her
laugh
* The teenager wanted a Porsche, so his father gave him a small toy car as a
gag gift for his birthday.
bombed – drunk; completely under the influence of alcohol
* Frankie drank six beers in just one hour and he was bombed for the rest of the
evening.
hangover – a big, painful headache the morning after one has drunk too much
alcohol
* I wish I hadn’t drunk so much alcohol last night because I have a horrible
hangover this morning.
lap dance – a “dance” where a woman who is wearing very little clothing sits on
a man’s legs while he is sitting in a chair and moves in a way that is sexually
exciting
* How much money did you give that woman so that she would give you a lap
dance?
up close – near to something or someone, without very much distance between
oneself and another person or thing
* He thought the vase was new, but when he looked up close he could see where
some broken pieces had been glued together.
the shock of (one’s) life – a very big surprise; something that is very
unexpected
* When Julian’s parents told him that he was adopted, it was the shock of his life.
incriminating – showing that one did something bad or illegal; showing that one
is guilty of something
* The incriminating videotape showed the face of the man who robbed the bank.
evidence – something that proves that one did something bad or illegal or
committed a crime
* The police still haven’t found any evidence to help them learn who killed the
young woman.
to poke fun at (someone) – to make fun of someone; to tease someone; to
laugh at someone
* The children were poking fun at their new classmate until the teacher told them
to stop.
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mission accomplished – a phrase used to show that one has finished a project
or job, especially if it was difficult or took a lot of time
* I finally finished writing the essay that’s due tomorrow. Mission accomplished!
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. Who paid for the bachelor party?
a) The best man.
b) The groomsmen.
c) Everyone.
2. Which of these might you see at a strip club?
a) A gag gift.
b) A hangover.
c) A lap dance.
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WHAT ELSE DOES IT MEAN?
to chip in
The phrase “to chip in,” in this podcast, means to give some money to help to
pay for something: “How much did you chip in for the office Christmas party?”
The phrase “to chip in” can also mean to help someone do something: “I wish
you would chip in around the house more, helping me wash the dishes and do
the laundry.” The phrase “a chip off the old block” is used to talk about a son or
daughter who is very similar to a parent: “Randall is a chip off the old block. He
loves going fishing just like his father.” Finally, the phrase “to have a chip on
(one’s) shoulder” means to have a bad attitude or not trust someone because of
something bad that happened in the past: “She’s had a chip on her shoulder for
years because the company didn’t give her the vice-presidency.”
bombed
In this podcast, the word “bombed” means drunk or under the influence of
alcohol: “There was so much alcohol at the party that almost everyone got
bombed.” Normally a “bomb” is a weapon that is dropped from the air and
explodes when it hits something: “They are dropping bombs on the government
buildings.” The phrase “to be a bomb” means to go very badly, or to be
disappointing or not successful: “The ballet was such a bomb that almost all the
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audience members left before it was finished.” Finally, the phrase “to be the
bomb” is a very informal way to say that something is very good, new,
interesting, and exciting: “That dance club is the bomb! We love going there on
Friday nights.”
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CULTURE NOTE
Bachelor parties used to be wild and crazy parties where men said goodbye to
“bachelorhood” (the time in a man’s life before he gets married) by drinking too
much and watching naked women dance. Bachelor parties are supposed to be a
lot of fun for the groom, but traditional parties often made the “fiancée” (the
woman whom one is supposed to marry) angry when she learned what really
happened there, especially if she learned that her husband had kissed another
woman – or worse.
Today, many bachelor parties are calmer events where the man simply has fun
with his friends without getting into trouble with his fiancée. Bachelor parties
aren’t always “held” (happen) at bars. Some men choose to have their bachelor
parties in a restaurant or at a sports game. Other bachelor parties “stretch out”
(become longer) over a whole weekend, with groups of men going “camping”
(sleeping outside in natural areas), fishing, or boating. Some men enjoy going to
“casinos” (places where people play games for money) for their bachelor parties
while other men prefer to play “paintball” (a game where people shoot balls of
paint at other people from toys that look like guns).
“Nowadays” (in modern times) many women are having bachelorette parties.
Some women enjoy going to bars and hiring male strippers, much like traditional
bachelor parties. However, many women are choosing “milder” (less wild and
crazy) bachelorette parties. For example, the women might all go to a salon to
have their hair and makeup done together. Some other bachelorette parties
involve going to a “cabin” (a house in a natural area far from a city) for the
weekend.
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Comprehension Questions Correct Answers: 1 – c; 2 – c
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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 399: A Bachelor
Party.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 399. I’m your host, Dr.
Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in
beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Our website is eslpod.com. On it, you can find a Learning Guide for this episode
to help you improve your English even faster.
This episode is called “A Bachelor Party.” A “bachelor party” is a party for a man
who is about to be married. Usually it is a party that is organized by his friends.
Let’s get started.
[start of story]
My best friend, Saul, is getting married. As the best man, it was up to me to plan
a bachelor party he’d never forget. All of the groomsmen were chipping in, so we
went all out.
I invited everybody over to my apartment. Instead of going to a strip club, we
hired a stripper. Before the stripper arrived, we played some drinking games and
we gave Saul some gag gifts. We all started to get pretty bombed, but we
weren’t thinking of the hangover we’d have the next day.
When the stripper arrived, we told “her” to give Saul a lap dance. He had never
had one before and he was really embarrassed! But the best part was when
Saul saw the stripper: It was a man! Everyone had a good laugh, and we took
some pictures so we’d have incriminating evidence. We poked fun at him for the
rest of the night.
And as best man, what was my most important job of all? It was not letting his
fiancée find out what happened that night – at least not before the wedding!
[end of story]
Our story today is about a bachelor party. Not every man who gets married has
a bachelor party; I did not have a bachelor party the night before I got married. I
just went to dinner with some old friends of mine – male friends from Minnesota,
who had flown to Los Angeles for my wedding. But some people have bachelor
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