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Close Encounter English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Oct 27 2009

Themes: Soap Opera

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When you get really tired, things can start to seem like a dream. Or you can fall asleep without realizing it and mistake a dream for reality.

Watch as a drowsy Ella sees something strange in her office. You’ll think you’ve entered the Twilight Zone! Could Ella be having a close encounter of the third kind? Enjoy this special Halloween episode of the Ebaby! soap opera.

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Dialog

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

Ella

Ella

Devan

Devan

Ella:  I’m so tired. All she does is make me work. I don’t want to be here anymore. I just want to be someplace else far, far away like…Another galaxy sounds really good right now. Just anywhere else. Awesome. Shiny!

Devan:  Hey! Wake up!

Ella:  I was just finishing up this client’s page here…

Devan:  Yeah. It looked like you were.

Devan:  Look at the way she looks at me like I’m a slave driver. I just think she’s lazy. She has no work ethic. And she’s gettin’ kinda big too. Man, maybe I need to get her a bigger swimsuit.

Ella:  Excuse me! First, you make me work here all day, all night, and now you’re criticizing me for my weight. I have no time to work out thanks to you.

Devan:  How could you…I didn’t say anything. What happened to your water?

 

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Discussion

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Ella is thinking about how tired she is when suddenly she opens her office door and green flows in. She walks towards it. Next thing she knows, she’s waking up at her desk. Remember, last week she fell asleep at her desk. Was the glowing green light a dream? Devan is angry with her for falling asleep. She starts thinking really mean things about Ella, and Ella hears them and reacts. Then they notice that Ella’s cup of water is green.

What happened to Ella? What was the green light? Do you think she was abducted by aliens? Why can she read Devan’s thoughts? Is she telepathic now?

 

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iwori

iwori

Japan

I think Devan is rather a person with a sharp tongue than a slave driver. And If I were Devan, I couldn't find the color of Ella's water is strange, perhaps.

I wonder what was there into the door Ella entered.

02:51 PM Oct 29 2009 |

go surfer

go surfer

Taiwan

I need a tea that can make me become a pro surfer !

12:53 PM Oct 29 2009 |

dr_alex09

dr_alex09

Russian Federation

It's green tea

09:51 AM Oct 29 2009 |

tiagon85

Brazil

Actually, the green water is a mystery and I hope find out what will happen after.

11:53 PM Oct 28 2009 |

lasa'anod

Somalia

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04:43 PM Oct 28 2009 |

maya212

Bulgaria

it was hard for me to understand without looking at the subtitles .__.'

For me too…

02:14 PM Oct 28 2009 |

honestfriend

Yemen

hi

 

12:17 PM Oct 28 2009 |

Colibri

Colibri

Russian Federation

oh yes, it reminds me something. Never tried any drugs, but my friend told me when she was in Amsterdam and visited local "Cafeteria" with lots of variety of marijuana, then she began to understand all local and foreigns around her, they all were speaking, and guess what, everybody spoke in Russian :)). Well, Ella, drink less "Red Bull", just take some time to rest. 

02:03 AM Oct 28 2009 |

rosendo

rosendo

Mexico

peace and love !!!!

 saludos

10:05 PM Oct 27 2009 |

Atlas Lion

Atlas Lion

United Arab Emirates

It is all good

09:35 PM Oct 27 2009 |

Joe Els

Joe Els

Germany

it was hard for me to understand without looking at the subtitles .__.'

07:42 PM Oct 27 2009 |

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