Vegas All-Nighter

Intro

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

• all-nighter
• flashback
• slot machine
• neon

• jackpot
• snake eyes
• mob
• up

• 24 hours a day
• cha-ching

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

So we all know Marni had a good time in Las Vegas. She can’t stop talking about it. But remember when she and Beren were getting ready to go and Beren didn’t pack anything? How did that turn out for her?

This week on the soap opera, Beren’s Vegas adventure is revealed. She was right. She didn’t need a toothbrush. But a Russian-English dictionary might have come in handy…

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Dialog

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

Jason

Beren

Marni

Jason:  Marni’s been telling me about her experience in Vegas, but I’ve heard nothing about what you were up to. What happened to you in Vegas? What did you do?

Beren:  What didn’t I do in Vegas?

Beren:  Triple-cherries! Yes! Jackpot!

Beren:  Come on. Come on.

Beren:  Snake eyes! No!

Beren:  Oh, no. God, no. No.

Marni:  Oh my God! Where have you been?

Beren:  Where have you been?

Marni:  I’ve been here.

Beren:  I’ve been all over. I’ve been all over. I’ve been all over. I hit the jackpot over at that casino run by the Russian mob. Don’t worry about it. I was like down fifty, then I got up a hundred, and then…cha-ching!

Marni:  So did you pull an all-nighter or something? ‘Cause I was in the hotel room and you never came back.

Beren:  What time is it? I don’t know if it’s been an all-nighter.

Marni:  It’s like five o’clock in the afternoon.

Beren:  That’s only sixteen hours. I’m not even close to twenty-four hours yet.

Marni:  What…So, are you having fun? Are you OK?

Beren:  No. I’m fine. I’m fine.

Marni:  You’re not hurt?

Beren:  No. I’m not.

Marni:  OK. OK. Just worried about you. What are you drinking there?

Beren:  It’s a…

Marni:  Do you even know?

Beren:  I’m not sure. No. I’m not sure. It’s from the Russian mob. I think it might have, like…

Marni:  Oh God! Oh yeah! No. Definitely vodka.

Beren:  Yeah.

Marni:  I would advise not drinking this anymore. I think you’ve had fun. I think you’ve gambled. I think you’ve, you know, you’ve maybe…sounds like you were up and down and…

Beren:  Yeah.

Marni:  You’ve won some, lost some. Do you need, maybe, like some rest?

Beren:  No. I’m good. I’m good. It’s sixteen hours. I have twelve more to go.

Marni:  Oh my God. I think Vegas has done something to you.

 

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