It's Raining Men

Intro

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

• lap dog
• down the road
• playing one against the other
• toy

• throwing themselves at you
• quandry
• streak
• dilemma

• stinks
• reciprocate

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There’s a saying in English, “When it rains, it pours.” It means that you’ll have none of something, and then suddenly have too much of it.

Lovers would be one of these things. The difference between zero lovers and one lover can be the difference between happiness and loneliness. But the difference between one lover and two or more is bound to be the difference between happiness and trouble.

Haven’t you ever noticed that as soon as you like someone, suddenly other people are throwing themselves at you? Why is that? It’s tough to say, but it’s certainly what’s happening to Amanda. She likes Mason, but she could easily have Jason, even though she doesn’t like him that much. It’s a tricky situation that can’t persist much longer.

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Dialog

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Marni

Amanda

Marni:  So, how’s it going with the whole, Mason…Jason quandary...

Amanda:  I know. It’s kind of weird. I had this whole streak of no dates whatsoever, no prospects, nothing. And then all of a sudden it’s like raining men. The names totally rhyme…

Marni:  Ha! I love that song.

Amanda:  Oh I know! Love it, hi? Jason, Mason…

Marni:  It’s confusing and it’s caused some…confusion.

Amanda:  It’s really hard because the dilemma is that I’ve been so lonely and I’ve wanted to be in a relationship for so long and all of a sudden there are two options. One, Mason, I have the original crush…

Marni:  Yeah.

Amanda:  ...but he’s not feeling me and I’m not getting anything reciprocated.

Marni:  Yeah, wow.

Amanda:  And then there’s Jason who’s totally sweet and has a big heart.

Marni:  Yeah.

Amanda:  I just don’t really know him very well. I don’t want lose Jason holding out for Mason.

Marni:  Interesting.

Amanda:  What do you think? I mean, you know them kind of.

Marni:  Yeah, well. Jason’s really sweet. He’s kind of like a puppy. He’s very excited and…

Amanda:  ...kind of like a lap dog. I like that. Eager…eager to learn.

Marni:  Eager to please…

Amanda:  Eager to please, totally.

Marni:  But, you know, I know that you’ve had a lot of feelings for Mason, so I was just wondering what’s going on.

Amanda:  My fear is a month down the road and I’ve lost both because I can’t choose.

Marni:  But it’s like you’re playing one against the other right now and that’s kind of…

Amanda:  I know…

Marni:  It seems like toying with people’s emotions. And is that really a good thing.

Amanda:  It’s hard. And to go from nothing to too much of something.

Marni:  Yeah, huh. I don’t know.

Amanda:  Love stinks doesn’t it?

Marni:  It does. It’s hard. I just…Good luck.

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