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Hero

Date: Jul 07 2005

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.

Have you seen the movie Hero? Someone here recently picked it up.
A couple of our English, baby! crew are talking about it now.

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.

John

Kyle

John: You seen any good flicks lately, dude?

Kyle: Actually, I’ve been watching tons of movies. I have a library card; get all my movies for free.

John: Oh nice. What are some of your favorites?

Kyle: Let’s see. The night before last, I watched Hero.

John: What’s that about?

Kyle: It’s one of those films, kind of like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Has Jet Li. It’s, uh, martial arts and mysticism all blended into one.

John: So, a lot of cool fight scenes?

Kyle: A lot of cool fight scenes, but also a cool story.

John: Didn’t you once practice to be a ninja?

Kyle: I’ve always wanted to be a ninja, but running on, uh, telephone wires scares me to death.

John: Yeah. It looks like that’d be really hard.

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Discussion

Martial arts films are pretty popular here in America. A bunch of my friends are really into them.
Personally, I like the fight scenes and the way that they use trick filming to get certain shots.
Are you into martial arts films? Have you ever studied a martial art?