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Ben: Tick tick tick tick. Hi this is sixty minutes. But
don't worry. It will not take that long. Hi, I’m Ben Seaver, and welcome to
my class project. A day in the life of the Seavers. And what a day, it is?
It’s chore day and everybody has a job
to do. Mrs. Seaver and Carol are going to clean the
drapes, and Doctor
Seaver's using Carol's computer to write some article for some mental magazine. Oh
yeah, he's a psychiatrist. And Mike's gotta paint his room, or dads gonna
know the reason why. I don't even care what grade I get on this. I just want
to do A good job for you Mrs. Cutter.
Jenny: Ben, you were supposed to mention me.
Ben: Ok, ok. Jenny Foster, another one of your fine
students, is helping me by running the video camera.
Jenny: Hi Mrs. Cutter.
Ben: Well, one thing you're...one thing you are going to
notice about the Seavers, is how well we get along.
Maggie: Come on Jason.
Jason: Maggie, threes a difference between frugal and
cheap.
Maggie: Ok, I take it back. You're a frugal-skate.
Jason: Well, I don't see what’s wrong with going with the
old, reliable, inexpensive handy man we've always used for years.
Maggie: Honey, a furnace is not a broken screen door. It's
a complicated piece of machinery.
Jason: Well, I think Jimmy can handle it. And did I mention
he works cheap?
Maggie: Would you hire him to perform open heart surgery?
Jason: Well I’d let him give me an estimate.
Maggie: Ben, Jenny, not now, please.
Ben: Keep rolling, this could be good.
Maggie: Honey, you know I love dear sweet Jimmy as much as
you and the kids do.
Jason: Of course. So why not destroy the man's
dignity?
Maggie: Ha!
Ben: It may look like they're arguing, but they are not.
They call this discussing.
Maggie: Ben, I told you to turn that off.
Jason: No, keep rolling Ben. This could be great stuff.
Maggie: Ben, I am not going to ask you again.
Ben: Uh oh! It looks like I have been invited to
participate in this discussion.
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| frugal |
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avoiding waste |
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| dignity |
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the quality of being worthy of esteem or
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