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Bowling English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Nov 23 2007

Themes: Hobbies, Romance, Sports

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Although it’s played all over the world, there aren’t many things more American than bowling. In this sport, people roll a large, heavy ball down a strip of wood called a lane in order to knock down pins, which look like fat, upside down table legs.

Bowling takes place in bowling alleys, which are big buildings with lots of lanes. People can play by themselves, against one other person or in groups. A lot of people have an organized group that competes regularly against other groups in bowling leagues. Jason has a creative idea for who he and Mason ought to go bowling with…

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Dialog

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Jason

Jason

Mason

Mason

Jason:  Let’s see if we can’t find some girls here, dude…

Mason:  Oh yeah. I’m into that. Yeah.

Jason:  And then, take ‘em bowling.

Mason:  Bowling?

Jason:  Yeah. It’s the classic American date. They’ll love it.

Mason:  Really?

Jason:  Oh yeah.

Mason:  I thought, like, baseball was the classic American date.

Jason:  Maybe. I feel like baseball is the American pastime.

Mason:  Okay. I’ll indulge you, I’ll indulge you. Bowling.

Jason:  Well it’s competitive, so that’s ah…You know, you can have a little tension there.

Mason:  We could have teams. I could have a girl on my team and you could have a girl on your team.

Jason:  Totally. And we could be teammates. Then we could bond with them. And then, like, it’s kinda cute if they’re doing really poorly, like, they keep bowling granny-style or something, you can get bumpers put on there and it’s just silly. It’s fun.

Mason:  Dude! And you then you show them how to do it right.

Jason:  Yeah! Demonstrations. Totally.

Mason:  Because that’s, like, the chivalrous thing to do, is be a gentleman and just show them how to play the game.

Jason:  Well let’s find some babes and go bowling.

 

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Discussion

Jason and Mason are at the mall, just hanging out, when it occurs to Jason that it would be find to try to meet some girls and go bowling with them. Mason is a little skeptical at first. but decides he’ll listen to Jason tell him why bowling would be a good date.

Jason says that bowling is competitive and it can be fun to play a game on a date. Mason suggests that there could be teams, one girl and one guy on each team.

If the girls don’t how to bowl very well, the date will be even better because Jason and Mason could show the girls how to bowl properly. They would have to hold the girls’ hands and position their arms. It could be sort of romantic.

In the United States, bowling is played with 10 pins. But a lot of countries have different forms of bowling. Do people bowl in your country? What’s it like? Do you think bowling makes a good date?

 

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nino_100

Myanmar

How to play bowling? Teach me a cuty guy.

07:57 AM Nov 23 2007 |

CindyLi

CindyLi

China

Oh, my day! My also cannot understand scatters, only knew how many words, units place teacher, the fellow apprentices female apprentices, aren't this study from the beginning?

07:35 AM Nov 23 2007 |

CindyLi

CindyLi

China

Oh, my day! My also cannot understand scatters, only knew how many words, units place teacher, the fellow apprentices female apprentices, aren't this study from the beginning?Cry

07:34 AM Nov 23 2007 |

italian"22"

Saudi Arabia

Bowling  not difficult but it is need to

STRONG MAN

i think it is not difficult

i can play it but i do not ,,

bacause it is not

ENJOY

07:17 AM Nov 23 2007 |

kaushalyats

Sri Lanka

"try your luck (find some babes)even at the funeral house" is the famous cliche of guys.men will always indulged by the topic of babes.In Sri Lanka one of classic date is go for dance and bowling is like pastime.men always do chivalrous and sweet things to pursue girls and thats how men are made of.Girls ! please dont treat this as a indecent thing to do we respect you all and our weakness is your attractiveness and sexiness. lol 

07:15 AM Nov 23 2007 |

kaushalyats

Sri Lanka

“try your luck (find some babes)even at the funeral house” is the famous cliche of guys.men will always indulged by the topic of babes.In Sri Lanka one of classic date is go for dance and bowling is like pastime.men always do chivalrous and sweet things to pursue girls and thats how men are made of.Girls ! please dont treat this as a indecent thing to do we respect you all and our weakness is your attractiveness and sexiness. lol

07:15 AM Nov 23 2007 |

xyqt520

China

time is just squeezed, many people think so, but i seldom find i have some time to do a little exercise, wooow, pity, really pitiful,yeah?

07:06 AM Nov 23 2007 |

xyqt520

China

i do think it's a pity that i never did bowling, and i don't know how to play it.

07:02 AM Nov 23 2007 |

vicky2007

China

I took bowling one year ago. It is so interesting that i can not help to spent more money taking it.

06:51 AM Nov 23 2007 |

ginawen

China

I never play blowing even, but I think it will be very intereting.  I should require my boy friend to play bowling with me on a date, what a romantic thing! I want to enjoy it!

06:32 AM Nov 23 2007 |

sxq89529

China

great

06:25 AM Nov 23 2007 |

charlene_ye

Albania

it is fun playing bowling, but i do a really bad job in it.

06:10 AM Nov 23 2007 |

charlene_ye

Albania

quite useful

06:05 AM Nov 23 2007 |

ava wang

China

well…..I have neven play bowling.But i aways think a gentleman who can play it well is so nattiness and i wish i can play it well with some one help one day !

05:57 AM Nov 23 2007 |

alazyboy

China

hi

 

 

05:47 AM Nov 23 2007 |

alazyboy

China

hi

 

 

05:47 AM Nov 23 2007 |

alice-wang

alice-wang

China

i never play bowling, so i want to try it.! is it difficulty to learn ?

05:30 AM Nov 23 2007 |

sweetfruit

United States

I don’t know too much about bowling, but it is very easy to learn, so maybe it would be a good idea to teach some girls to bowl.

04:53 AM Nov 23 2007 |

Mr.BeanGo

Mr.BeanGo

Peru

that's a good idea…if a any girl wanna play bowling just write to me and let me now it lol

04:47 AM Nov 23 2007 |

xuanye17

xuanye17

China

I have never played bowling too

 

04:40 AM Nov 23 2007 |

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