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Onto Them

Date: Mar 31 2009

Themes: Soap Opera

Grammar: Adverbs

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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.

Last week, when Marni and Mason told Beren about their new friends Ella and Dale, she seemed to sense something was a little strange about them. She probably didn’t guess that they are undercover cops who have come to investigate her kidnapping of her twin, but she seemed sketched out.

Now Beren will meet Dale and Ella face to face for the first time. Can they fool her like they’ve fooled Mason and Marni?

3. Watch - Watch the video without reading the dialog.

Dialog

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

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

Ella

Dale

Beren

Ella: Hey. Dale, Dale.

Dale: Ah, Beren. Beren!

Ella: Oh my gosh.

Dale: Beren! How you doin’? How you doin’?

Ella: Hi.

Beren: Do I know you?

Dale: I’m Dale.

Ella: Ella.

Beren: Hi.

Ella: We know Marni and Mason.

Dale: Yeah.

Beren: Really?

Ella: We’ve heard so much about you and we just…We love your band. We’re groupies. We are big fans.

Beren: Weird.

Dale: So when’s your next band practice?

Beren: Ah…I’m not in a band.

Dale: You’re not in a band?

Beren: No.

Dale: What happened?

Beren: It’s a long story.

Dale: Long story. So what do you do now?

Beren: Nothing.

Dale: Nothing really. Are you living anywhere? Are you doing things? What’s your…

Beren: Yeah, I have a house.

Dale: You have a house. So, where’s that at? Oh, you know, we’re friends with Marni and Mason.

Ella: We just want to…

Beren: No, you said that…

Dale: Yeah. We just want to know…

Beren: Where do you know them from? That’s weird.

Dale: Yeah.

Ella: We just ran into them and we just talked to them and then we knew that we were fans of your band and then it was just this huge coincidence. It was amazing.

Dale: And with that being said, so what are you doing these days?

Beren: Uh…

Ella: We’re just so curious.

Dale: Yeah.

Beren: Huh.

Dale: Do you…I don’t even…Are you doing…

Beren: No.

Dale: Where are you going now?

Beren: I got…No. I just have to…

Ella: We would just love to hang out with you.

Dale: Yeah…

Ella: The whole gang. The whole gang.

Beren: Alright.

Dale: Are you sure? I mean, we could always hang out.

Ella: We’ll buy you a drink.

Dale: Yeah. You can always call us any time. We’re always ready to go. It was nice meeting you.

Ella: Come back.

Dale: You can call us any time. Where’s she goin’?

Ella: Basement? That’s odd.

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Discussion

Ella and Dale stop Beren outside the elevator and ask her about her band. She tells them that she’s not in a band, but anyone who uses Ebaby! a lot knows that’s a lie. She’s talked touring and recording with her band.

As Beren waits for the elevator, Dale and Ella get really nervous and start talking about how they’re friends with Mason and Marni. Beren realizes that they’re up to something, so she gets on the elevator and takes it to the basement. It seems pretty clear that Beren is onto them. Do you think Ella and Dale will save Beren from her twin? Have you ever had to try to fool someone who was onto you?

Comments

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maria rama

Philippines

Storm123

Viet Nam

Ella and Dale talk so much because they don't want Beren is onto them.

leito77

Uzbekistan

rain baby

China

Voldis

Latvia

Hi, everybody! I just joined englishbaby.Very interesting! I hope to be here long time and meet new friends.

dwaqaddi

Philippines

whoa what happen to ella she got stuck with those words :0

med776

Tunisia

odassey_xfl

China

xvxv

kaira_harry

Yemen

yah i think too Ella and Dale talked too much

but i think Beren she wont talking with them

because she said (long story)

she wanna leave quikly because she don't has enuogh to talk with them

hehe

LEE CHANGWOO

South Korea

Ella and Dale saw Beren and they asked her about her band. But Beren couldn't say anything about her band. Then Beren realizes that the two knows so much about her and she's onto them.

Yingqiu

China

Ella and Dale talked too much. Beren started doubting their roles.

ciberd7

Brazil

Of course! Sometimes there are lots of people we have to fool.

Most often we have to fool telemarketing sales, salesman and people who wants to bother us sending products and artfacts, therefore, the best thing to do is no to be bad with words as Beren did and run away from them using your skills of fleeing eheheh :)

gjenta

Albania

nice haha

leearena

Malaysia

don't know what was it about since i left so many chapter,, huhu

Marcelolic

Brazil

Lying is never good…But sometimes a little lie is forgivable hihihi :D

Marcelolic

Brazil

Certaily Baren thought very strange the approach of both and the same we can to say of Ella and Dale…In the end,Ella and Dale will will unveil this mystery hehe…

aljalal2

United Arab Emirates

Hi It’s amazing to have friends

tiagon85

Brazil

It´s difficulty to have the skill of fooling someone, I never could do that in a perfect way.

100158

Hong Kong

HI!This is my first comment^^Dale N Ella were too pasionate!They asked too many questions but it seems Beren didnt want to talk with them .I think she is on to something.

My English is pretty poor Iwash it makes sences.