Golden Globes

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

• the whole deal
• upstarts
• Friends
• been around

• in full effect
• count on
• made a big splash
• dressed to the nines

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Every year, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gives awards to the best movies and TV shows. The awards, called the Golden Globes, honor filmmakers, TV producers and actors who create great television shows and motion pictures.
Beth watched the Golden Globes on TV last week. Listen to her tell Anna all about them!

Dialog

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Anna

Beth

Anna:  Hey Beth, I was out all day Sunday. Did you catch the Golden Globes.

Beth:  I did Anna, and it was awesome. I watched the previews, and then the results, and the whole deal. It was great!

Beth:  Were there any surprises? Who won?

Anna:  Well, one of the biggest winners of the evening was, uh, Gene Hackman, and then another really huge winner was, of course, Jack Nicholson, so he won a great award for About Schmidt which I haven’t seen yet.

Beth:   Excellent. What about any upstarts, people we haven’t heard of, who took anything. Remember that?

Anna:   Well, actually, Jennifer Aniston finally won an award, so although she’s not new to acting she’s finally getting recognition this year which is exciting, and that’s for Friends.

Beth:  Wow! I didn’t realize she hadn’t won before. She’s been around. What about all the gossip that surrounds the Golden Globes? Anything interesting there?

Anna:  Oh yeah, well of course Joan Rivers and daughter were in full effect.

Beth:  You can always count on them.

 

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