Rambo

Intro

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

• premiere
• tagline
• juicing up
• Botox

• bandanna
• syonymous
• veteran
• icon

• kick butt
• the one and only

2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

Have you noticed a lot of people wearing red bandannas lately? In American culture, the name Rambo is synonymous with extreme violence and a red bandanna around the head. Sylvester Stallone first played Rambo in 1982 and the character, who is a veteran of the Vietnam war and skilled in all sorts of fighting, quickly became a cultural icon.

Now, more than 20 years, after the first Rambo movie, Stallone has once again picked up his giant gun to shoot a lot of people. Jason and Beren are excited to see it.

Dialog

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

Jason

Beren

Jason:  Did you hear that heroes don’t retire, they only reload?

Beren:  I might have heard that. Are you talking about a certain hero named Rambo?

Jason:  Oh yes.

Beren:  John Rambo?

Jason:  None other. I would say the one and only except I saw about 50 of them walking down the street yesterday.

Beren:  That’s hilarious. They were going to the premiere of the new Rambo?

Jason:  I guess so.

Beren:  Is there like a tagline? Is that the tagline? Heroes don’t retire they just reload?

Jason:  Something like that.

Beren:  That’s awesome. I think First Blood is a really good movie.

Jason:  Yeah?

Beren:  It’s really good. Like, exploding arrow tips? Who has that besides Rambo?

Jason:  Why do they remake all these ‘80s action movies? They’re making a new Terminator. Can’t we come up with our own action classics?

Beren:  Who’s gonna be in the new Terminator though?

Jason:  Christian Bale.

Beren:  Oh, see, that’s the difference. Rambo is still Sly Stallone.

Jason:  It’s true.

Beren:  He just was like juicing up with the human growth hormones. He hasn’t aged a day. That, and a cocktail mixed with Botox.

Jason:  Has he aged a day though? Or does he look exactly the same.

Beren:  He looks like he’s melting, like his face is melting. But it’s still Sly.

Jason:  Well, he’s probably more sinister then. Probably kicks more butt.

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