Eminem: Family Man

Intro

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

• danger
• infidelity
• a shoulder to lean on
• connect with

• aware
• significance
• mutilated
• rekindle old flames

• break up
• clouds

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Eminem’s music is known for its violent lyrics. In many of his songs, he attacks his ex-wife, Kim, for her infidelity and drug abuse.

Eminem and Kim grew up together in the suburbs outside of Detroit, Michigan. They married in 1999 and divorced two years later. After five years of conflict, they were remarried in January, 2006.

Listen to Taylor and I talk about their relationship.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Dave

Taylor

Dave:  So, did you see in the news that Eminem just got back together with his ex-wife, Kim?

Taylor:  I saw the headline, but I wasn’t aware of the significance.

Dave:  Yeah. It’s crazy, because he’s written so many songs talking about how he wants to kill her, how he wants to see her mutilated, dump her body in the river – and now they’re getting married again.

Taylor:  Strange.

Dave:  And a lot of people do that, right? They, you know…we’re together with somebody, we break up, we get back together, we break up.

Taylor:  Right.

Dave:  I don’t know. I go back and forth on just that idea. Once you break up with somebody, I mean, there’s a reason for it. That’s the end of it.

Taylor:  Well, you know, time clouds the decisions you made then, and those reasons might no longer be important to you, and, ah, or you may just want a little more danger in life.

Dave:  I like danger.

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