Comedy for ELT - Open Marriage
4,303 views · Published 14 August 2013 · 1:23 · Indexed 2 October 2026
Channel: Nick Michelioudakis · 2013 · Comedy
[To download a free worksheet (+ KEY + Script) just click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByC3QwWZuGXdMHI2dkpjTk44Um8/view?usp=sharing ] Relationships have changed a lot over the years, haven't they? In the past you knew where you stood... A relationship was meant to be one-to-one -- period! Sexual exclusivity was taken for granted. Now of course, things are a bit more complicated... There are swingers and advocates of 'polyamoury' etc. etc...In this sketch (a scene from a dinner party) 3 couples are talking about such things and some of them even claim that they have an 'Open Marriage' -- but what does that actually mean? ... Enjoy! :-) Level: B2 -- C1 / Topic: Relationships -- Marriage Taken from the BBC TV Series 'Not the Nine O'clock News' [To download a free handout (+KEY) you can visit my site: www.michelioudakis.org] [NB: I do not own the copyright to this video clip. I have uploaded it here for educational purposes]. SCRIPT M1: ..You see, Julie and I have a very open marriage... and I also think that’s the only way it can be if you .. if you work in London.. M2: ..No, I could never have that kind of relationship, could you? M3: Sure! Yeah!.. We.. we have a very open marriage! F: Very, VERY open relationship... M2: ..What? Do you have affairs? ..With other women? M3: Sure! Yeah!.. I mean I - sorry.. F: I just wanted to say that if he wants to sleep with other women, that’s OK with me, and I, I’m sure it’s the same the other way round. M3: Oh, sure; if she wants to sleep with other women, that’s OK with me * M2: ..Ha, ha.. * But you do.. come back together again in the end?! M3: Look, look George: If Sue wants to - F: -Sarah! * M3: Sorry? F: I am Sarah. * M3: Sarah! Sorry, sorry love... M2: You two live together, don’t you? M3: Well, not exactly in the same place, no, but... F: It’s no hassle getting to Norwitch . M2: You live in Norwitch? F: No, no; Jonathan lives in Norwitch - M3: - Chester! * F: You live in Chester? You moved?! M3: No, no, no...I’m Chester, not Jonathan. * F: Are you sure? M2: Excuse me! Have you two ever met each other before? M3: Look, as a ‘meeting’ - it seems such an old-fashioned kind of concept really, I.. I think if you love somebody, then knowing them isn’t really that important..*
