Grumpy Cat on TV

Good Morning America invited the owners of Grumpy Cat to show her off on national TV. They did and it makes a very good listening exercise for English learners.

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Grumpy Cat owners Byran and Tabitha Bundeson on ABC’s Good Morning America.

Last Friday we read a story about Grumpy Cat and how she became probably the most famous cat on Earth at this moment.  You can read it here:http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/easier-stuff/352773/grumpy-cat-a-feline-superstar

Here is her appearance on the US TV show Good Morning America that is one reason she has become so famous.
The show put out a transcript but it was incomplete and it contained quite a few mistakes. You will find a corrected version below together with some key vocabulary

The most famous feline on the planet right now. We are talking, of course, about that guy, it's actually a gal. That's the number one secret fact you need to know about Grumpy Cat.

We'll meet her and her owner in just a moment but first ABC's Gio Benitez has a closer look on the crabby, crazy phenomenon.

Reporter: Hers is the grumpy face that has launched a thousand memes. If you haven't met her, meet Grumpy Cat.

Her owners started posting videos to YouTube after the peanut gallery on the internet swore that her priceless face was photoshopped.

Her videos have been viewed millions of times. Grumpy cat spends her days playing with strings. Fitting into boxes. And, of course, being grumpy. Now her uber famous smile turned upside down is splashed across mugs, t-shirts and even playing cards.

She's even the latest face of Friskies. Grumpy cat!

And this is an exclusive look at her web series.

Grumpy cat could not care less.

Once you take her out in public, everyone just swarms – 

Everyone just wants to pet her and hold her. I wouldn't blame them.

Reporter: So we brought Grumpy Cat to the heart of New York City – Times Square to see how she handles her fame. "You're from Germany. You know Grumpy Cat?"

Reporter: The little cat whose frown makes anyone smile. For "Good Morning America," I'm Gio Benitez with Grumpy Cat, ABC news, New York.

All right. I have to reveal – well, there's Grumpy Cat. I was going to tell you Gio was so taken with Grumpy Cat he posted a picture last night. He can't get enough and neither can we. There he is. Oh, Gio, you're so cute.

I don't like morning people. The one, the only Grumpy Cat. Grumpy Cat's owners Tabitha and Byran Bundeson are here with us now with Grumpy.

I want to ask you Tabitha, the name Grumpy Cat really doesn't fit the personality in real life, isn't that the truth?

She's a sweetheart really. Everyone's noticed.

How did this whole thing get started?

We posted one picture online on Reddit and it went viral and now we're here with Friskies for the "World Kitty play with it" series.

Unbelievable.  Sponsors. You've got all kinds of things going on. How big is the Grumpy Cat phenomenon.

It's insane. We post pictures on Facebook and within 30 seconds they have 2,000 or 3,000 likes.

You're kidding.

No, it's crazy.

And it's really just a face. I mean, you don't do anything to sort of inspire -- right now she looks super grumpy but I know she's purring. You can hear her.

Yeah.

She always looks grumpy but she's really always sweet.

She seems to be a sweetheart.

She really is, all the time

Don't tell anybody. Everything is going really, really well. Grumpy's so mean.

Well, thank you for introducing us to a sweet cat named Grumpy Cat.

Thanks for having us.

Loved having you here.   And keep us posted on Grumpy's doings.

appearance – an act of appearing in public การปรากฎตัว
transcript – a written or printed copy of words that have been spoken บันทึก
grumpy – unhappy and dissatisfied, often for no obvious reason  อารมณ์เสีย, อารมณ์ไม่ดี
feline – connected with an animal of the cat family; like a cat  เกี่ยวกับสัตว์ตระกูลแมว, เป็นของแมว
guy – a man ผู้ชาย
gal – a woman or girl ผู้หญิง (คำสแลง)
grumpy – unhappy and dissatisfied, often for no obvious reason  อารมณ์เสีย, อารมณ์ไม่ดี
crabby – bad-tempered and unpleasant ที่อารมณ์เสีย
phenomenon (plural phenomena) – something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something which is unusual or interesting ปรากฏการณ์
launch – to start something เริ่ม, เริ่มต้น
meme – an idea or piece of information that spreads very quickly on the Internet
peanut gallery – people who use social media (modern meaning)
swear – to promise that you are telling the truth สาบาน, ยืนยัน
priceless – describes an object which has such a high value, especially because it is rare, that the price of it cannot be calculated  ที่ประเมินค่ามิได้
uber – of the greatest or best kind; to a very large degree
upside down – in or into a position in which the top of something is where the bottom is normally found and the bottom is where the top is normally found พลิกเอาด้านบนลงล่าง, กลับหัวกลับหาง
splash across – to put a photograph, news story, etc. in a place where it will be easily noticed แสดงโอ้อวด
exclusive – limited to only one person or group of people แต่ผู้เดียว
could not care less – to have no interest in something at all ไม่สนใจเลย
swarm – to go to a place in large numbers แห่กันไป
blame – to say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening ตำหนิ
handle – to be able deal with a situation ควบคุมได้, จัดการได้
fame – the state of being famous or very well known ชื่อเสียง
frown –a serious, angry or worried expression made by bringing your eyebrows closer together so that lines appear on your forehead หน้านิ่วคิ้วขมวด
reveal – to let something become known เปิดเผย
taken with – to find somebody/something attractive or interesting ติดใจ
personality – the part of a person that makes them behave in a particular way in social situations, e.g., in friendly or unfriendly way, or in a confident or shy way บุคลิกลักษณะ  ลักษณะเฉพาะตน
viral – (of a video, photo, story, etc.) spread across the internet very quickly (like a virus spreading a disease) as people share it with their friends or the news media reports on it   แพร่กระจายผ่านทางอินเทอร์เน็ตอย่างรวดเร็ว
sponsor – a person or company that pays for a radio or television programme, or for a concert or sporting event, usually in return for advertising  ผู้อุปถัมภ์, ผู้ทำการโฆษณาทางวิทยุหรือโทรทัศน์
insane – very stupid, silly, crazy or dangerous  สติไม่ปกติ, บ้า
kidding – joking; saying something that is not true for fun พูดเล่น, แซว
inspire – to give people a particular feeling or a desire to do somethng จุดประกาย
purr – (of a cat) to make a  low continuous sound in the throat, especially when happy or comfortable เสียงครางของแมว
mean – angry and violent; cruel, or unkind ใจร้าย, โหดร้าย
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