Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Do you like to gossip? If you do, your desire for new information about who’s dating who, and who’s in a fight with who, can feel as strong as hunger. When you don’t know what’s happening, you might feel empty. You might have to call your friend to get the dirt. “Hello,” you might say. “I don’t know what’s been going on with everyone lately. I’m out of the loop. Can you fill me in?”
To fill someone in is to erase that emptiness, or that blank, that not knowing can create. It means giving someone enough information that he or she will feel up to speed with current events. And it doesn’t just have to be about gossip. You can fill someone in on what’s been happening in the news, or in a class, or on a TV show. When you fill someone in, you’re providing someone with information that he or she didn’t have before.
Someone comes for a visit to the office, and she’s been away for a while. It’s time for her friends to fill her in. Find out what she’s missed in this gossip English lesson.
3. Watch - Watch the video without reading the dialog.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Jeff: Hey, everybody! Look who I found!
Amanda: Oh, my goodness. What a surprise! Wow.
Mason: What are you doing here? Are you OK? Is Jason OK?
Devan: Oh, yeah. Everything’s fine. I’m just here for a visit. Jason’s doing really good. He’s been doing a lot of gardening. I actually brought you guys blueberries from our garden.
Mason: Oh, cool.
Devan: So, what’s been going on here? You guys have to fill me in on everything.
Mason: Well, let’s see. You know Amanda and I got married.
Devan: I know. I’m so bummed I couldn’t make it to the wedding.
Jeff: Marni had her baby.
Marni: Her name is Dawn. Do you want to see a picture?
Devan: Yes. Oh, so cute! More. Tell me more! Fill me in.
Amanda: Well, we hired a new intern. Her name is Lily and she’s great. In fact, she’s picking up my dry cleaning right now.
Devan: Really? Does she do a lot of that kind of thing?
Mason: Yeah, pretty much. Jeff’s dating Greta Vanderlake.
Jeff: I don’t know if you’d call it dating.
Devan: Wait, Greta Vanderlake, the movie star? How did you guys meet?
Amanda: Well, she’s actually been doing some work with the company, believe it or not. We did this whole “Win a Date with Greta Vanderlake” promotion. Until Jeff over here ruined it. He started dating her himself.
Jeff: Yeah, but it did bring a lot of attention to the site.
Amanda: I know. You’re right, I guess.
Devan: Oh my gosh, you guys. I had no idea so much could happen in just a couple months. I’m feeling full with all this gossip right now.
Grammar Point
Go Super to learn "Present Perfect Progressive" from this lesson
Quizzes
Lesson MP3
The iTEP® test
-
Sponsored by
Discussion
There’s a surprise visitor to the office: Devan! She’s come back to town for a visit. She wants to know about everything that’s happened since she’s been gone.
And there’s plenty of gossip to fill her in on. There are babies, weddings, new employees, and new romances. It seems as if Amanda is still a little annoyed that Jeff ruined the promotion with Greta, but she’s not that mad.
After all that gossip, Devan needs to take a rest. She can’t believe so much has happened to her friends in just a few months!
Have you ever gone away and come back to find out that many things have happened in your absence? When you want to get filled in on gossip, how do you find out what’s going on?
Comments
Jordan |
China |
Turkey |
China |
China |
China |
China |
China |
Japan |
Argentina |
Brazil |
Germany |
Iran, Islamic Republic Of |
Canada |
Viet Nam |
United Arab Emirates |