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Marni's Online Romance

Marni's Online Romance English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Mar 25 2008

Themes: Romance, Soap Opera

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.

New love can make you do strange things. When new lovers first fall for each other, they find themselves staying up all night together, traveling to be with one another and forgetting commitments. Sometimes they learn a language to be together.

But certainly online love makes people do the strangest things of all. They type back and forth for hours on end and exchange photos by the dozen. If you fall in love with someone online, next thing you know you might be watching your computer while trying to fry some whole lemons in your kitchen.

Wait…what!?

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Dialog

1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.

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

Beren

Beren

Marni

Marni

Beren:  What are you doing?

Marni:  Um, uh, well…

Beren:  You’re cooking and looking at…

Marni:  I’m trying to cook and…the…OK. So I’ve been…I know, I know, it’s my dirty little secret. I’ve been having this online relationship, which is kind of a new thing for me…

Beren:  Who is that?

Marni:  His name’s John. I just think he’s really awesome. He’s this really great guy and we seem to have a lot in common, so I’m trying to cook because I heard he really likes Middle Eastern food, or that’s what he was saying. I just…I don’t know what I’m doing…

Beren:  But you have your computer by the stove, which doesn’t make sense. Is he watching you right now? Is there a camera?

Marni:  No…I mean, I just, in case he sends me a message. I just don’t want to miss it.

Beren:  In the time it takes you to cook these lemons. Whole lemons.

Marni:  I don’t really know how to cook. But I don’t want him to know that because he really likes Middle Eastern food and I was thinking, “OK, well if he thinks I can cook, then you know, that’s a plus, right? Everybody likes a gal who can cook, so…”

Beren:  Sure.

Marni:  Yeah, so I’m trying to figure it all out, but it I want it to be close by just in case.

Beren:  OK. Cool.

Marni:  Yeah.

Beren:  Best of luck to ya.

Marni:  Thanks. I need it.

 

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Discussion

Beren walks into Marni’s kitchen and discovers a very strange scene. Marni’s computer is sitting on the counter so she can look at while she cooks. While she cooks lemons. Whole lemons.

So Marni explains that she has a new online boyfriend. His name is John. Maybe you’ve seen him around the Ebaby!...

Anyway, John likes Middle Eastern cooking, so Marni is trying to learn how to cook. She’s not doing a very good job of it, probably because she’s distracted by her new love.

Beren slowly backs away from Marni as though she’s insane.

What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever done for love?

 

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pick-me-up

Sri Lanka

mmmmmmmmmm keep him happy…........

05:51 AM Mar 25 2008 |

tuquynh

tuquynh

Viet Nam

a stupid Question!!!

04:18 AM Mar 25 2008 |

milan22parmar

United States

Online Love is good in a way. Because its the place where you can fall in love without being seen.

04:04 AM Mar 25 2008 |

ajoin

China

Hello , I want to talk with you ,maybe I can be you good friend ,so give your talking to me ,let us go ,ok?

04:03 AM Mar 25 2008 |

ajoin

China

Hello , I want to talk with you ,maybe I can be you good friend ,so give your talking to me ,let us go ,ok?

04:03 AM Mar 25 2008 |

kevinlj

kevinlj

China

i never have experience about girlfriend online. but i can cook for my girlfriend now, since i consider this is fine to me and very interesting. i like cook for my GF very weekend(we meet only on weekend), we can have dinner together with candle. and talk about my cook. she cook for me sometime also. it's good. i like curry she cook for me. great!

03:57 AM Mar 25 2008 |

tuquynh

tuquynh

Viet Nam

be carefull for such online love.

03:47 AM Mar 25 2008 |

helruia

China

whether we trust the love on the internet?

03:47 AM Mar 25 2008 |

tuquynh

tuquynh

Viet Nam

So do I. But finally, i discovered that the online boyfreind is a bad man. He has one wife and two children already.

03:44 AM Mar 25 2008 |

tuquynh

tuquynh

Viet Nam

hiii, She is really insane. Like me before.

 

03:38 AM Mar 25 2008 |

nicknie

nicknie

China

i cool food for my GF too, and it's very fortunate. Do you think so?

03:04 AM Mar 25 2008 |

vinhvinh

Virgin Islands, British

now and then  the love makes you blind and do somthing so strange that you can't imagine, but i think what Marni did for her darling is very normal, even is interesting. cooking some food that your boyfriend likes is the good way to express your love to him although you may be not good at cooking, but if you try and try harder, sooner or later you'll make progress. as long as you really want to do, you can do everything, i think so.

03:04 AM Mar 25 2008 |

anna zhanghp

China

love can make people crazy

03:01 AM Mar 25 2008 |

one silence

Saudi Arabia

I just have one question! .. Are all lessons here have been written in correct english or there are mistakes ????

 

 

thanks

02:24 AM Mar 25 2008 |

dearpesar

dearpesar

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

oh….. almost 20 years ago i did fall in love with my neighbour girl…. much beautiful girl.. i went on roof to see her and i did fall down from roof to the yard too….. then i never fall in love more i'll go up to love

02:17 AM Mar 25 2008 |

thisisbenmo

China

This seems a little silly but right now I am doing the same thing like Marni. I know a friend on Ebaby and I like him a million red M&M's. But unfortunately he is far away from me. He is in the U.S. while I am going to study in Australia. What shall I do? Maybe love sometimes means not only having them in your life but having the chance to get to know him and love him. Thanks god for letting me meet him and get on well with him. That's enough.

02:10 AM Mar 25 2008 |

thisisbenmo

China

This seems a little silly but right now I am doing the same thing like Marni. I know a friend on Ebaby and I like him a million red M&M’s. But unfortunately he is far away from me. He is in the U.S. while I am going to study in Australia. What shall I do? Maybe love sometimes means not having them in your life but having the chance to love the one you cherish.

02:08 AM Mar 25 2008 |

tsogtoo

Japan

hello. my name is Tsogoo.im MOngolian .i saw your picture then i wann see you .if you want give me your mail add . i want to talk much about

 

01:51 AM Mar 25 2008 |

jojo Mclaughlin

Cambodia

Yo, I think it's so cool about this new lesson. Love online, I used to be in love on the photograph with a girl who looked absolutely unique! I hope my face's also as unique as hers!

01:16 AM Mar 25 2008 |

jojo Mclaughlin

Cambodia

Yo, I think it’s so cool about this new lesson. Love online, I used to be in love on the photograph too.

01:11 AM Mar 25 2008 |

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