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.
You can do it at a fancy restaurant or at home. You could do it on a bench or a mountain top.
Do what? Pop the question. Asking someone to marry you is an extremely important moment, and everyone has their own idea of the best proposal. But most agree that it should be romantic and it should be a surprise. Kneeling is usually a good idea.
Devan hopes her boyfriend Jason will ask her to marry him. Well, it looks like he got the hint. He just wants to get in some practice before he pops the question.
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.
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Jeff: Hey, Jason, I’m gonna take off. You want a ride?
Jason: Uh, no, I’m good. I have some stuff to finish up.
Jeff: Alright. Uh, see you tomorrow?
Jason: Totally. Cool.
Jeff: Alright man.
Jason: See ya. Will you marry me? Will you marry me? Will you marry me? Will ya marry me? Will you marry me?
Mason: Uh, dude, are you proposing to that chair?
Jason: No, no, that’s ridiculous. I just dropped a contact. I’m looking for it.
Mason: Contact, eh? You wear glasses. Were you…are you crying?
Jason: No! I just got a little emotional thinking about Devan and our future and I got a little emotional, OK?
Mason: Oh my God. You’re going to pop the question, aren’t you?
Jason: Alright. You caught me. You caught me. I’m going to ask her to marry me. But you can’t tell anyone, OK?
Mason: No, no, of course. But uh you can’t…I mean, that’s why you pop the question. It has to be a surprise, right? It’s totally more romantic if it’s a surprise. Right?
Jason: Exactly.
Mason: I get it.
Jason: Good. So I can trust you?
Mason: No problem, man. You can totally trust me. Now, dude!
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Discussion
Jeff asks Jason if he would like a ride home from work. Jason says he still has more work to do and has to stay.
As soon as Jeff leaves, Jason kneels and begins asking his chair to marry him over and over. Mason walks in and asks him what he’s doing.
After fighting it for a moment, Jason admits that he is planning to pop the question. He is practicing asking Devan to marry him. Mason is very excited and promises to keep it a secret.
How should Jason pop the question to Devan? What is the best proposal you could imagine?
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