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Explanation of "Party of Six"

The original name is "Friends", also translated as "Friends". It is a TV series launched by NBC in the United States in 1994 and has been broadcast continuously for 10 years. Humorous sitcom. The whole drama has 238 episodes, each episode is about 20 minutes. It set a viewership record of 53 million in 1996.

The story mainly describes six good friends living in New York:

Jennifer Aniston--played by Rachel Green

David Schwimmer--as Ross Geller(Ross Geller)

Cornico Cox--as Monica Geller(Monica Geller)

Matthew Perry--as Chandler Bing

Lisa Kudrow--as Phoebe Buffay

Matt· Ray Blanc--as Joey Tribbiani

A series of stories about the life, friendship, and troubles between friends from the time they met to the time they lived together for 10 years. , laughter, conflicts, love, work, etc. are vividly displayed!

As a sitcom loved by the audience, the excitement of "Friends" does not only come from its reproduction of the original ecology of life. Although "Friends" strictly follows the basic rules of American sitcoms from beginning to end: the climax of each episode's story will subside within the limited time of half an hour. From the production point of view, not only can we not find anything special, but we can simply describe it as following the rules and lacking new ideas. But Friends isn't as bland as you might imagine. Just watch the last episode and no one can escape the "fatal temptation" that comes from the whimsical plot, climax story and various guest stars. Especially the relaxed and humorous character dialogues contain a unique "American" humor, which is amazing.

One of the reasons why "Friends" is popular is that it fully possesses the quality of consumer goods, and more importantly, in the constant laughter, it allows us to see another kind of harmony. In our ordinary lives, all kinds of people have conflicts and make jokes because of issues such as emotions, principles, interests, status, etc. At the same time, family affection, friendship, and love are also sublimated here. "Friends" has become a mirror of people's daily life, allowing us to learn about life and appreciate the truth, goodness and beauty in life.

Popular TV dramas are almost like a small utopia, reflecting reality but also free from reality. In "Friends", the relationship between the six people and their respective emotional journeys also firmly attracts the audience and expresses the The innocent attitude of young people towards love. For example, over the past 10 years, the most crucial couple in the show - Ross and Rachel, their story has touched the hearts of every audience, from Ross's initial timidity to confess to Rachel, who he had been secretly in love with for ten years, to the two's passionate love and breakup. , get back together again, break up again... over and over again, noisy... let the young audience understand a truth from it, maybe hating someone is often more difficult than loving someone. The combination of Chandler and Monica is even closer to the ordinary lives of many people. After two ordinary people went through setbacks, they finally found each other, just like two children walking on the road, who once wrestled and cried, and then finally found each other. Know how to hold each other's hand, support and comfort each other, and go on together.

Be kind to family members and respect their decisions

Every family has its own problems, and the families of the six protagonists are no exception. For example, Ross and Monica’s parents are seriously biased and are very partial to each other. Ross was extremely proud, seeing how Monica didn't like it. Phoebe's biological father ran away from home, her adoptive mother committed suicide, and her biological mother had no idea what happened to her... Parents are always parents, and people will naturally love their parents, and the six protagonists are certainly no exception.

We can learn the attitude towards our parents from TV series. First, don’t expect your parents to be perfect people.

Mark Twain said that improving yourself is always more effective and safer than correcting others. You might as well tell your parents frankly if they are going too far. Like Monica telling her mother that she is too harsh on herself; like Chandler telling his mother that she should behave like an elder.

In addition, do not force parents to reconcile their conflicts, and try to avoid their conflicts. For example, on Rachel's birthday in season 2, six people organized two parties in order to avoid Rachel's parents meeting.

Relatives must respect each other’s decisions. Although Joey couldn’t stand the behavior of his father, mother and sister, he had no choice but to do so in the end. Family love is inherently helpless. You cannot choose your family members, you must accept them and accept them as equals to yourself.

Cherish friendship, trust, tolerate and support each other

Friendship is something that is difficult to establish and easy to destroy. All events that can destroy friendship have happened among six people: Chandler Le cheated on Joey's girlfriend and then abandoned Joey's sister; Joey and Ross fought for his girlfriend three times; Phoebe and Monica stole her boyfriend and even robbed her when they were "hanging out" on the street. Rose in middle school.

They all have a lot of problems. Ross often reads out essays from heaven to everyone; Chandler specializes in making mean jokes; Monica's mysophobia and competitiveness are often unbearable; Rachel does nothing and can't do anything, and will cry even if she takes out the trash. Come back; also, Phoebe's singing is super ugly, and the lyrics are particularly embarrassing, so everyone must support her...

What is worth learning is that the reason why the friendship between the six protagonists in the play is strong is not just the plot. Needed, but also because they understand the highest principles of getting along with friends: trust, tolerance and support. They trust their friends' feelings for them, tolerate their friends' shortcomings and mistakes, and support their friends in taking the path they want to take and doing what they want to do.

An optimistic attitude towards life and no bad habits

Like "Growing Pains" which was popular in China many years ago, "Friends" has become a favorite among young people. The most important thing is that the six protagonists always maintain an optimistic attitude towards life.

Many people feel that the six protagonists in the play have simple thoughts and do not have so many bad intentions. The six of them were all a bit funny, often causing harmless troubles and making witty remarks, but no one thought deeply about anything, and no one was plotting against others' backs. Most of the jokes in the play are the occasional ignorant and exaggerated performances of these six people.

In addition, it can be said that the six people have no bad habits in life. They occasionally drink wine to create a mood, and the six people always support each other. Maybe they quarreled and argued over little things, but in the end they always hugged and said "I love you" with tears in their eyes. Sometimes you feel that these six people are so cute that they are fully qualified to be elected as the best citizens.

Learning English can be used as a good teaching material for learning American English.

In addition to the above, "Friends" can even help us improve our English level. It is said that some private English schools were the first to promote this TV series in China, because the original American pronunciation and life-like dialogues of the "Friends" actors can become the best teaching materials for learning American English. In a high school in Shanghai, because the script of "Friends" was used as a spoken English teaching material in the school, students fell in love with English class again. In some colleges and universities, college students have also begun to use "Friends" to practice American spoken English.