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New Friends English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Mar 03 2009

Themes: Party, Romance

Grammar: Past Perfect Tense

Intro

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

It may not be the healthiest thing to do, but when bad things happen, people often drink. Last week, Mason’s girlfriend left him and left town to become a nun. So he went to the bar with his friend Marni, who was also recently dumped.

As soon as they walked in, they were greeted by a friendly man and woman. A few hours and a few drinks later, Mason and Marni have gotten pretty tight with their new friends, Dale and Ella. Watch them hang out—if they’re acting a little weird, it’s because they’re pretty buzzed.

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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.

Mason

Mason

Dale

Dale

Marni

Marni

Ella

Ella

Mason:  I’m not gonna lie, man. My lady left me tonight. But it’s turnin’ out alright because I met you guys!

Dale:  That’s right. That’s right. Cheers to that!

Mason:  You guys!

Dale:  Cheers to that!

Mason:  Woo!

Marni:  Sad, sad story. His lady is a nun! She converted.

Mason:  Freakin’ nun, man. She’s got the hat.

Marni:  The habit! It’s a habit!

Mason:  It’s a bad habit, is what it is. It’s totally a bad habit.

Dale:  Nun…

Mason:  I’m havin’ “nun” of that.

Dale:  So how long had you and the nun been together?

Marni:  Like…uh…

Mason:  Man, it was like a year.

Marni:  They were so into each other.

Dale:  Did you ever have any domestic issues or any type of spousal abuse? Is there anything like that?

Mason:  Man, I never…I never laid a harmful hand on her.

Ella:  Oh that’s good to know. Good to know.

Dale:  That’s really good to know. My partner…I mean my friend and I…

Ella:  Yeah, friends.

Dale:  ...we usually kind of, you know talk to people about, you know…

Ella:  We care.

Mason:  You hit her?

Dale:  No, no, no. Never.

Ella:  Never ever.

Dale:  That’s life. That’s actually 5 to 10 years in prison. You can actually do that for domestic abuse. Actually if you get prosecuted by it, they actually can throw you off.

Mason:  That is a lot of helpful information.

Marni:  Yeah, don’t hit people.

Dale:  Oh I read it in a book somewhere. I read it in a book.

Mason:  These are some very informational people.

Marni:  Knowledgeable.

Mason:  Knowledgeable people. I like them.

Marni:  I like them too!

Dale:  Well, we should hang out more often. Let’s hang more. And I would like to meet the rest of your friends or gang or your peeps. Is that what you call…your peeps.

Mason:  Yes! You should join us. You should meet Beren and you should meet Devan. We’ll introduce you guys.

Ella:  That sounds great!

Dale:  Yeah, Beren.

Ella:  Everyone you know would be great.

Marni:  I love those girls.

Mason:  I know lots of people.

Dale:  Do you guys do any of those illegal druggers thingys?

Mason:  I do these drugs!

 

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Discussion

Marni and Mason tell Dale and Ella about what happened with Mason’s girlfriend. They seem really interested. Dale asks a lot of questions about the relationship. Ella says she’d like to meet Marni and Mason’s other friends.

What do you think of Ella and Dale? Are they nice new friends or are they up to something?

 

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limeihong-linda

China

i am sad,i can not find the audio

01:10 AM Mar 08 2009 |

hasan husen

Egypt

hiiiiiiiiiiiii

i wana some english freinds

i am a teacher of English

03:00 PM Mar 07 2009 |

Marcelolic

Marcelolic

Brazil

It is always good to make new friends,this is the order of the things,ball forward! But we gree…this couple is a bit strange doing so many questions…

09:29 PM Mar 06 2009 |

Marcelolic

Marcelolic

Brazil

The principle,the both seem to be friendly,but it is good to be alert anything,right ;)

07:58 PM Mar 06 2009 |

DS

DS

Algeria

I think that they are doing something secretly, they don't seem honest, something is wrong with them

10:29 AM Mar 06 2009 |

ilikeperfect

China

Sometimes,It's neccessary to drink when meeting the customers.

05:52 AM Mar 06 2009 |

uplife1

uplife1

South Korea

I think they are up to something now.  looks like they are so kind people, but I think they are hiding something. Because in the last part of this dialog, they asked them if they used be high or not. That means they seem like drug dealers or something. They want to sell drugs they have to Marni and Mason. Even they want to know about Mason's other friends so they can sell drugs to them as well. holy moly~~

06:42 AM Mar 05 2009 |

harishvijay

India

It is very simple conversation. The fact in the conversation is " FACTS OR COMING  FROM THE STOMACH TO HAVE A BEER"

07:55 AM Mar 04 2009 |

tiagon85

Brazil

It´s a very interesting conversation, in my opinion the best thing is the way that they talk to each other, using usual words.

02:07 AM Mar 04 2009 |

gussunan

gussunan

Indonesia

Cool thats right

02:30 PM Mar 03 2009 |

Athan

Athan

China

From this conversation we can't tell whether Dale and Ella are good people or not.But ffrom their behavior it seems like they are not bad guys.But there are two points we could guess about Ella and Dale,one is maybe Dale's peeps who  have domestic issues or domestic abuse,the other one is that Dale has friends who maybe like illegal drug thingys.Anyway we'll see whether they are good guys in future! 

01:16 PM Mar 03 2009 |

iman82

iman82

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

Mason in a state of chock, he is suffering from girlfriend dumping, so its good to recognize to a new friends and Marni can be get along well with him, goodluck Mason

12:00 PM Mar 03 2009 |

SÉRGIO

SÉRGIO

Brazil

I think respect is all in a relationship!! it's all over whether it doesn't exist anymore!

11:09 AM Mar 03 2009 |

Azazzy-宗

China

time can change everything

11:07 AM Mar 03 2009 |

gussunan

gussunan

Indonesia

what a terrible condition.,.,.,i expect to my self  " dont try this at my village " Cry

09:59 AM Mar 03 2009 |

kukuka

kukuka

Ukraine

P.S. aliyatul_hikmah, my experience tells me that 99% of all problems are solved by themselves. Never be in a hurry, sometimes it's useful to wait for a while.

07:50 AM Mar 03 2009 |

kukuka

kukuka

Ukraine

I think those Ella and Dale are more than meets the eye. I have a feeling they are police officers or something coz questions they asked were kind of provocative. Drunk Mason will come to a sticky end with his conversations about drugs.

07:47 AM Mar 03 2009 |

huynh-kieuoanh

Viet Nam

That's a very good lesson, there are many great sentences deserves to learn by heart !

Thanks you all

07:44 AM Mar 03 2009 |

bigbang_liu

China

they played natrually。good

06:28 AM Mar 03 2009 |

littlepig2007

China

i understand it, but face it,everything will be ok! trust that!

05:50 AM Mar 03 2009 |

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