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A Miracle

A Miracle English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Feb 10 2009

Themes: Health, Religion, Romance

Grammar: Future Progressive Tense

Intro

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When things get really bad, even people who aren’t very religious will often find themselves praying.

I bet you didn’t know that Amanda is Catholic. It hasn’t come up before. But now that one of her friends is in a coma, another has cancer and another has been kidnapped (although she doesn’t know about that one) she has set up a makeshift altar with some candles and started praying.

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Dialog

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Amanda

Amanda

Devan

Devan

Jason

Jason

Amanda:  Oh Heavenly Father, I come to you tonight, asking you to grant me the strength to help heal our brother Jason. Jason has been in a horrible accident. He’s in a coma. He cannot move his limbs. He cannot stand, he cannot dance, he cannot play Scrabble. He can do nothing. I come to you now pleading, pleading…

Devan:  Amanda! Amanda!

Amanda:  One moment.

Devan:  Amanda!

Amanda:  Sweet Lord…

Devan:  The hospital just called…

Amanda:  What?

Devan:  The hospital just called two seconds ago.

Amanda:  So?

Devan:  Jason woke up. He’s not in a coma anymore.

Amanda:  What are you talking about?

Devan:  He woke up!

Amanda:  Our Jason?

Devan:  Our Jason just woke up…

Amanda:  Our Jason woke up…

Devan:  ...like two seconds ago.

Amanda:  ...and came out of his coma.

Devan:  Yes. What are you doing?

Amanda:  Apparently, I’m creating miracles tonight.

Devan:  Oh my God, you’re OK!

Jason:  Hey!

Devan:  I’m so relieved. Oh my God, how are you feeling?

Jason:  I feel surprisingly alright.

Devan:  Really? Is anything broken?

Jason:  A few broken ribs, I have quite a headache, but, you know.

Devan:  But your mind is fine? You don’t feel any brain damage or…

Jason:  Well, I can’t remember a lot that happened right before the accident, but other than that, it’s essentially fine.

Devan:  You mean like the conversation you and Mason were having right before you fell?

Jason:  Well, that…yeah, really the last thing I remember is that we were going to watch Wayne’s World, and that’s pretty much where my memory stops.

Devan:  That’s the last thing you remember? But that was like a month ago.

Jason:  Yeah, I mean…

Devan:  That’s really the last thing you remember?

Jason:  Did I miss anything good?

Devan:  Well, I mean…do you remember that you’re my boyfriend?

Jason:  No! I don’t remember that at all!

Devan:  You don’t? We’re dating. You told me you loved me.

Jason:  Oh my…really? Wow…I’m so sorry I don’t remember. Oh my God.

Devan:  Well, are you OK with it? I mean, it means a lot to me that we’re together so I hope you still feel that way.

Jason:  Yeah, how did it happen? How did we get together?

Devan:  You know, we were bonding about Wayne’s World and I was just pretending to be Garth and it made you laugh and then you said you loved me! You did! I wouldn’t make that up.

Jason:  Well, that’s great. I come out of a coma and I have a partner.

Devan:  Isn’t that great?

Jason:  That’s great!

 

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Discussion

What a day! Amanda is praying for Jason to get better when Devan arrives and tells her that the hospital has called and he’s OK.

Then, Devan goes to the hospital to see Jason. She discovers that he can’t remember the last month, so she tells him that they were together before his accident.

Do you think it was wrong of Devan to lie? She is deceiving a person who has amnesia and that’s mean, but the only reason Jason didn’t like her before was that she didn’t have any hair and that’s mean too.

 

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Yiivon

Yiivon

China

G:Do you remember that you are my boy?.... B:No, i don't remember you at all… Hahahahah…. If someday the girl ask me, is it possible?

06:03 PM Mar 08 2009 |

倪州明

China

Miracle always happened  in the  life  .that's possible

09:32 AM Mar 08 2009 |

irandn

Brazil

Unfortunatly the people just looking for God when they fell bad, or have dificult situations to resolve, but you know, God always will be ready to listen to us and help us.

Let's imagine God, like a supreme force of Universe, like this we can translate this force and energy for all crences of the world.

 To lie never is the better way.

See you guys

02:03 PM Mar 05 2009 |

hasan 002

Turkey

I believe Allah and miracles if people live fact life this world and people might be some miracles so human is very important animate if human don't know and recognize yourself  who always feel unimportant if human know  just Allah ruler, bans then human will a person importat  but a lot of people don't know and recognize so some people why don't know live and come this world we should read imformation about God and please ı advise read God and  the last  Prophet Muhammad maybe some firends can change their think

06:40 AM Mar 05 2009 |

glassy heart

Saudi Arabia

yah thx god he is taking car of us every time but we have to thx him bc he saved jason

05:19 PM Feb 24 2009 |

SweetNovember

Kuwait

Miracles used to happen before!

but now miracles doesn't exist…

Jason fell in a temporary coma , it happens to many people !

but it is necessary to pray in these kind of situations anyways, cause we know that god can hears us 

 

 

 

Amanda , Jason and Devan… thanx guys   Laughing

05:57 PM Feb 21 2009 |

SweetNovember

Kuwait

Made me laugh ,
it’s an happy ending

05:48 PM Feb 21 2009 |

kukuka

kukuka

Ukraine

There is no GOD

09:44 AM Feb 18 2009 |

Marcelolic

Marcelolic

Brazil

I don’t know no! I think that Jason is lieing! He invented the story that don’t remember himself your relationship with Devan as an escape! hehe

08:23 PM Feb 16 2009 |

weiwei_

weiwei_

China

A miracle happens when you really want to . However, it is not a good choice for devan to lie, but love can drive us to make something different.

01:00 PM Feb 16 2009 |

joaco

joaco

Argentina

 

i dont believe in god, i believe in mother nature. Please watch the documental ZEITGEIST, and you will probably agree with me.

05:39 PM Feb 14 2009 |

amany7

amany7

Saudi Arabia

hehe funny lesson :)...

01:46 AM Feb 14 2009 |

EstebanM

EstebanM

Colombia

Nice, nice… In fact, life is a miracle

10:55 PM Feb 12 2009 |

mshare

mshare

Saudi Arabia

yeah ,, where rhere's a will there's a way ,,

they seemed to don't give up hope so …

10:56 AM Feb 11 2009 |

nour_2

nour_2

Syrian Arab Republic

i believe that…........

our god is the strongest  ......and he has the power to heal and help ….....but not without taking meditation cause our god wants us to work our minds out in searching into the reallities and science till we find the solution…and the cause of the ailment…

and our religion (the islamic  religion)says:

every illness has its medicine…........

 

10:06 AM Feb 11 2009 |

shinasia

shinasia

Oman

really it is a grat feeling when belove return back to normal life..thanx

08:57 AM Feb 11 2009 |

Souza

Brazil

I believe in miracle

 

01:27 AM Feb 11 2009 |

S.T.Hurricane

Egypt

every human needs for a miracle to get passed on something unreachable, but how long should we wait for it???

12:35 AM Feb 11 2009 |

thulfikar

Qatar

i believe in miracle Cool

10:49 PM Feb 10 2009 |

enthusiasticBoy

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

not to badCool

10:44 PM Feb 10 2009 |

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