Show: “Shrinking”
– C1-C2 (advanced) –
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SYNOPSIS
Available to watch on Apple TV+, this short-form dramedy features a talented cast of recognizable faces: Jason Segel (“How I Met Your Mother”), Harrison Ford (“Indiana Jones (franchise)”), Heidi Gardner (“Saturday Night Live (SNL)”), Ted McGinley (“Hope & Faith,” “Married With Children”), Michael Urie (“Ugly Betty,”), and more.
Centring on a grieving therapist and single father to a teenage daughter, this show offers both psychological insight and witty comedy as characters progress through their traumas using a variety of conventional and unorthodox approaches to healing. If it isn’t the under-talked-about topic of the show that hooks you, it will be the banter among characters that will keep you watching.
WHAT TO LEARN
Spending time viewing this show can help a person practice and improve their English language abilities in multiple ways:
American English
informal language
vulgar language
phrasal verbs
present tense
past tense
conditional
American humour
sarcasm
vocabulary related to:
relationships (family, dating, marriage, crushes, hookups, friendship, client/therapist, self, neighbours, etc.)
memory
work
psychology
therapy
coping mechanisms
making mistakes
emotions (anger, sadness, grief, surprise, happiness, etc.)
crime
and more…!
Do you like short-form dramas, or do you prefer them at full length (45-60+ minutes)? Practice your English by letting me know in the comments below.
