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Valentine's Day

Practice the Zero Conditional

Date: Feb 08 2012

Themes: Holidays, Romance

Grammar: Zero Conditional

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Some people dread Valentine’s Day. Others love it. Whether you love or hate the couples’ holiday might have something to do with whether or not you’re in a relationship. But even some happy couples decide not to make a big deal out of V-Day. They see it as more of a commercial holiday, and prefer to celebrate their love on their own schedule. Hear how Jason and Amy plan to spend Valentine’s Day with their sweeties this year.

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Amy

Jason

Amy: Do you have any Valentine’s Day plans, Jason?

Jason: Yes, but they’re very un-Valentine’s Day.

Amy: Oh really?

Jason: Yes. My girlfriend and I are going to a basketball game, because last year, we went all out and did an actual Valentine’s Day experience, and it was kind of a disaster.

Amy: Oh no, why?

Jason: Well, we went to this place where there was a lounge singer, and it was like a dinner theater experience, and they greeted you with champagne and roses right when you walk in, and they take your photo, and you get your own table.

Amy: That sounds kinda fun. Kinda cheesy-fun.

Jason: At first it was. But the performer was really bad. And it was really expensive, and the singing was bad, and we couldn’t even talk. And at the end we didn’t feel romantic at all.

Amy: That’s the thing about Valentine’s Day that is kind of annoying. So many restaurants, if you want to go out to dinner with your sweetie, they charge so much more than what they would normally charge. And it can end up just being…You just feel kind of like you wasted money, or you bought into this really commercial holiday.

Jason: That was exactly how I felt. So this year, I said, “You know what? Remember that disaster last year? Let’s just not participate in Valentine’s Day.”

Amy: And your girlfriend was OK with that plan?

Jason: Yeah.

Amy: That’s good.

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Discussion

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Amy asks Jason about his Valentine’s Day plans. He explains that he and his girlfriend are going to a basketball game on Valentine’s Day. They tried to do something more romantic last year, but it turned into an expensive disaster.

On Valentine’s Day, many restaurants raise their prices. Amy agrees that going out on Valentine’s Day can be expensive and annoying. She thinks that Valentine’s Day is mostly a commercial holiday.

What are your Valentine’s Day plans? Do you think Valentine’s Day is too commercial?

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Mexican Curious

Mexico

God said in Genesis:

9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein

So, it is an instruction. if you love him, you should do it.

Mexican Curious

Mexico

People who suffer for love, is people who put all it’s love on a person… Love must be put in God… And he send us someone with incoditional love…

julito

Argentina

Anja, but that´s the ideal. My mother had five children, we were far from perfect ,and sometimes we were pretty nasty to her, did it mean that she stop loving us less. On the contrary, she was always there for us , in our good and bad days the same caring mother.

snoopyboy

Antarctica

Butta, what if love surprises you and change your whole perception about it one day. then next year you’ll come here and share with us what a wonderful day Valentine’s day is ;

could that be a possibility, ever?

snoopyboy

Antarctica

We love that person without expecting the same reciprocation

wouldn’t that be called obsession?, maybe that’s part of loving too

kotlesya

Belarus

Have a nice evening, friends :)

Love is eternity …................

Bye-bye-bye

julito

Argentina

Thanks friends for opening up your heart and mind. I have come to the reaslization that we really love a person when his/her happiness is more important than ours. We love that person without expecting the same reciprocation

snoopyboy

Antarctica

I think Kotlesya and Mexican Curious are writting us from the same pub

to Julito, Lesya

kotlesya

Belarus

HELLO and PRIVET, dearest ANJA!

kotlesya

Belarus

“You never felt in love?” is adressed to?

snoopyboy

Antarctica

What an entrance Butta, made…

I almost commited to love once, I was getting pretty close until it started to hurt as well

Mexican Curious

Mexico

Oh no, is dark beer…

I’m not do this regularly, but sometimes two or three of this jars, set you feel good…

kotlesya

Belarus

I would say TRUE LOVE is better than the most greatest and brightest orgasm.

I agree with you Mexican Curious

snoopyboy

Antarctica

Mexican is that tea you’re drinking?

kotlesya

Belarus

It is impossible to define love, but I know one thing my life will end if I will lose HIM. HE is everything for me. WE are two souls in one body. It sound not realisic, but if there was the possibily to invite you, Julito in my mind and heart you would understand without words what I’m trying to say now