A question about TV series transcription --- What did the girls say?
Recently, I started to do transcription of a TV series called Gilmore Girls.

Here is the link of a part of the conversation between two girls, Rory and Lane. Lane's a Korean girls whose parents are very conservative.
(http://www.freewebtown.com/kellyliwod/01.wma)

And I find the script on the Internet:
RORY: When are you going to let your parents know that you listen to the evil rock music? You're an American teenager, for God's sake.
LANE: Rory, if my parents don’t get upset over the obscene portion size of American food, I seriously doubt I'm gonna make any inroads with Eminem.

But I encountered some questions...
1.I didn't hear "going to " in "When are you going to...". Did Rory really say the words?
2. What does " the obscene portion size of American food" mean? It means that American food often comes in large portion?

Can anyone help me?http://www.freewebtown.com/kellyliwod/01.wma
@ srgause: Thank you for answering. I tried the link and it's at work. Could you try again?

Question

A question about TV series transcription --- What did the girls say?
Recently, I started to do transcription of a TV series called Gilmore Girls.

Here is the link of a part of the conversation between two girls, Rory and Lane. Lane's a Korean girls whose parents are very conservative. 
 (http://www.freewebtown.com/kellyliwod/01.wma)

And I find the script on the Internet:
RORY: When are you going to let your parents know that you listen to the evil rock music? You're an American teenager, for God's sake.
 LANE: Rory, if my parents don’t get upset over the obscene portion size of American food, I seriously doubt I'm gonna make any inroads with Eminem.

But I encountered some questions...
1.I didn't hear "going to " in "When are you going to...". Did Rory really say the words? 
2. What does " the obscene portion size of American food" mean? It means that American food often comes in large portion?

Can anyone help me?http://www.freewebtown.com/kellyliwod/01.wma   
@ srgause: Thank you for answering. I tried the link and it's at work. Could you try again?

Answer

You are right, Kelly. She did not say "when are you going to." Great job picking up on this! :)

She actually said "when are you gonna." This is not proper English but a very, VERY common way of shortening the phrase "going to"... probably happened because the sounds of "g" and "t" are really awkward together, and is a difficult sound to make. In many cases, in spoken English, "gonna" (although not a real word) is more common than "going to."

Source: American English (self)

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Hi Kelly,

I can't listen to the media file at work, but I can answer #2
"The obscene portion size of American food" definitely means that food in the USA comes in large portions. (Usually more than a person can actually eat)

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I didn't hear it also.That's what I hear..
"When were you laid, your parent's known you've used into the evil rock music.You're an American teenager, for God's sake."

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