Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
For most people, frustration is sort of like a bucket filling with water. You can keep putting water in and nothing happens. You stay calm. But all of a sudden, the bucket gets full and overflows. That’s when you get frustrated.
That’s when you can say, “I’ve had it up to here!”
When people say, “I’ve had it up to here,” they often hold their hand at the top of their head as if to show they are filled with frustration.
Lately, Marni has been bothering Beren at the office by making her do extra work. Beren is surely getting frustrated. See what it takes for her to tell Marni that she’s “had it up to here.”
3. Watch - Watch the video without reading the dialog.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Marni: Ella!
Ella: Yeah?
Marni: I just wanted to say, I looked over the Johnson file and you did a fabulous job! Exactly what I wanted. Thank you for your hard work. Go ahead and take tomorrow off!
Ella: No way, really?
Marni: Absolutely. You’ve earned it!
Ella: Thank you!
Marni: Thank you! Now…Beren.
Beren: Marni.
Marni: I have a special project for you.
Beren: Awesome.
Marni: Yeah. It’s gonna have to start now, and then just go…You’re actually probably gonna have to work late.
Beren: What? It’s, like, five o’clock!
Marni: It’s not five o’clock! It’s 4:59! So, here’s what it is. This file drawer is an absolute disaster, as you can see. It needs to be completely reorganized.
Beren: That’s not even my file drawer!
Marni: Well, it is now, so.
Beren: No!
Marni: It needs to be done! Sorry!
Beren: Are you kidding me?
Marni: Yeah, I mean these snacks and tissues need to go. But then, this is all alphabetized, you know, in alphabetic order, and it needs to be by date, so.
Beren: By date?
Marni: By date, yeah…
Beren: That’s gonna take me days!
Marni: You know what, you can do it.
Beren: No! Marni, I’m sorry. I’ve had it up to here. It started down low, it’s slowly risen, and now I’m, like, outraged. I can’t take any more. That’s it. You started out, you know, asking me to do little menial things, and I was OK with it for a while. But now, like, no more. I can’t take any more.
Marni: So, what do you mean…
Beren: I can’t take it any more! And you can clean up…
Marni: What?
Beren: ...your own file cabinet.
Marni: Are you serious?
Beren: I’m serious. I’m done. That’s it.
Marni: So…what do you mean you’re done? You’re done for the day? You’re coming back? What do you think she means by that?
Ella: Well, alright, I’m just gonna head to the beach now. Bye!
Marni: I don’t know what to do now…
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Discussion
After congratulating Ella on some good work and telling her to take a day off, Marni tells Beren that she has to stay late and reorganize a filing cabinet. This, of course, upsets Beren. She tells Marni that she has “had it up to here.” She leaves and says she’s done.
Marni isn’t sure what Beren means when she says that she’s done. Do you think Beren just quit her job? Can you think of a time when you had just “had it up to here”?
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