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.
All teenagers reach a point when they feel ready to spread their wings and leave their parents’ nest. For Hanna, a sixteen-year-old girl trained by her ex-CIA agent father to be the perfect assassin, leaving the nest means being prepared to either kill or be killed.
That’s the story of the new movie Hanna, an exciting action-thriller whose young star is getting rave reviews. Hear Amy and Jason talk about this film.
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.
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Jason: I hope by the time that I have kids, I will have become a master spy. Because I mean, how cool would it be to raise the perfect assassin?
Amy: Are you talking about that movie Hanna?
Jason: Yes.
Amy: That was an awesome movie.
Jason: Yeah.
Amy: There’s just something…I guess it’s just so unexpected to see a child assassin. It’s kind of cool, kind of a new twist on the whole spy movie thing.
Jason: It makes sense, though. We have child prodigies in other walks of life. You know, child prodigy piano players and tennis stars, so why not an assassin.
Amy: It’s true. And she is a ruthless little girl.
Jason: But she’s also just kind of an average teen.
Amy: It did kind of make me think about that time when you just…you feel so ready to go out into the world and start living your adult life. ‘Cause she, you know, she’s living with her father in the wilderness, training to be this assassin, and then at a certain point she’s just so ready to leave her dad and go out into the world.
Jason: Was that what you were like? Were you ready to leave the nest?
Amy: Yeah, definitely. I think there’s just a certain point where you can have a better relationship by leaving. You know, like if you have a little distance from your family it becomes a little easier actually.
Jason: Or a mortal enemy you have to slay.
Amy: Right.
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Discussion
Amy and Jason both liked the movie Hanna. Jason wants to train his children to be spies like the girl in the movie. Her father raises her in the wilderness and trains her to be the perfect assassin. When she becomes a teenager, she feels ready to go out into the world and slay her enemies.
Amy says that when she was a teenager, she felt anxious to leave home, like Hanna. She thinks most teens reach a point when they feel it is time for them to leave their parents. Some young people are able to have a better relationship with their parents once they leave home.
Do you still live with your parents, or have you left the nest? Do you think it’s important for young people to live independently, or should they remain with their families?
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