Recently, I resumed watching TV sitcom 'Friends' that I stopped almost a year ago when I decided to turn the time for watching it into the other comedies, documentaries and films in which people speak faster and variety of English is presented -many of them were British TV show-, in the hope that it would upgrade my listening skill.'Friends' was my first sort of English text. I was suffering from not understanding what people were saying after coming Australia and in the desperate need to find a solution as I realised I had a laptop to which the sitcom had been downloaded. It is said to be by people in my country that 'Friends' would be the best thing for improving practical English and there was no option for me to choose but believing it then. I watched it every day after the English school. One episode a day. Whenever there was a part I couldn't understand I replayed it until I made it out. I didn't bother doing it two or three times or more than that, even in a slow motion speed. It was irritating and labouring task but, meanwhile, I enjoyed becoming one of their friends, Chandler, Joy, Loss, Monica, Rachel and Phoebe, sharing the feeling of happiness, sadness, angry and love.
The thought that spending more time to the other TV shows would develop my listening ability has been proved to be true. I now find myself relishing pure pleasure watching these guys hanging around in the 'Central Park' cafeteria in New York without helping by subtitle and, of course, any replaying. Except the Chandler's inappropriate kindergarten jokes at which no other guys even laugh and the lecture of Jurassic given by Loss that has a magic power that can make every one be bored.
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