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Heartbroken English, baby! Video Lesson
心碎

Learn about Direct Speech

Date: Apr 24 2012

Themes: Romance, Soap Opera

Grammar: Direct vs. Reported Speech

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One of the worst feelings a person can have is heartbreak. It’s the feeling you get when something terribly disappointing happens to you. People often feel heartbroken when they are rejected in love.

Some lucky people don’t have to feel much heartbreak in their lives. So far, Ella has been one of these people. Men want to be with her, and she may break their hearts, but so far, no one has broken hers.

Mason recently got over his love for Ella. Even though she doesn’t love him back, she has a strange feeling she can’t identify. What could it be?

心碎是人们心情最差时的表现之一。当某件非常令人失望的事情发生在你身上时,你便会心碎。人们经常会在失恋时感到心碎。
一些人很幸运,在他们的生活中并不会有太多的心碎经历。目前为止,艾拉便是其中一位。男人们想要和她在一起,她可能会伤他们的心,但是迄今为止,还没有人会令她心碎。
最近,梅森刚刚从对艾拉的情伤中恢复过来。虽然她不爱他,但她仍然有一种说不清道不明的奇怪感觉。会是什么感觉呢?

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Marni

Marni

Ella

Ella

Jeff

Jeff

Marni:  Ella, are you OK? You don’t look so good.

Ella:  Nuh-uh. I don’t feel very good either.

Marni:  Well, what’s the matter?

Ella:  I don’t know. I have this, like, weird achey feeling all around here. Uh…

Marni:  Are there any other symptoms?

Ella:  Well, I find myself a little tired. Like, I don’t really want to do anything. I’m just kind of moping around. I just feel low.

Marni:  Huh. Well, that is strange. When did this all start?

Ella:  I mean, it’s been pretty recent. It kind of first started when Mason announced that he had a new girlfriend and then it just seemed to get worse since this morning at the meeting.

Marni:  So, the meeting where Dale and I mentioned that he had a hottie. This is when you started feeling ill?

Ella:  Yeah. That’s about the time, yeah. Man…

Marni:  Wait a minute. So you’re telling me that you feel kind of achey around your heart, and a little queasy, and you don’t really want to do anything. Well, Ella, it sounds to me like you might be a little heartbroken.

Ella:  What? Heartbroken? No. That doesn’t happen to me. I mean heartbroken is when you’re all depressed and sad because of some type of romantic disappointment. No. Never. I always get the guy.

Marni:  Wait. You’ve never been heartbroken before?

Ella:  Absolutely not. Never.

Marni:  Well, you said you always get the guy, but, Ella, I mean, in this case, you didn’t get the guy. I mean, Mason’s over you. He’s got a girlfriend.

Jeff:  You want that thing? Those idiots down the street forgot to hold the mayo again. I can’t eat this.

Ella:  Oh my gosh. That’s it. Jeff, you’re my savior!

Jeff:  What’s she talking about?

Marni:  I don’t know. What’s going on, Ella?

Ella:  Don’t you get it? I wasn’t heartbroken. I was hungry.

Marni:  Wow.

 

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Marni can tell that Ella isn’t feeling well. She just doesn’t look good. Her face shows that she is feeling achey and queasy.

Ella explains that she has been moping around and not feeling well for a few days. It all started when Mason told everyone he had a new girlfriend.

After hearing Ella explain how she feels, Marni tells her she must be heartbroken. Ella says she’s never been heartbroken before. She is always the one who breaks other people’s hearts.

Just then, Jeff walks in and gives Ella a sandwich. She takes a bite and suddenly feels better. She wasn’t heartbroken, she was just hungry!

Have you ever been heartbroken? What was it like?

 

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NOman

NOman

Pakistan

no i never got this experience.But if somebody is in this situation he/she must stay away 4m that person with that he/she loves.after some long she will be feeling healed heart and when her feelings become relax then her scar will heal soon.

03:52 PM Apr 27 2012 |

hojoh

Japan

 


I challenge a chat for the first time this time.


what do you like japanese artist?


 

07:47 AM Apr 27 2012 |

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hojoh

Japan

Hello


I love japanese entertainer fujimori singo.


Do you know it?

07:38 AM Apr 27 2012 |

englishsg1Super Member!

Malaysia

hi dearKiss

07:11 AM Apr 27 2012 |

cheer manal

Morocco

hi Catcher there is no problem at all, he is not my cousin, he is a far-away family member. by the way we are not close families… thanks Smile

07:47 PM Apr 26 2012 |

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CatcheR

CatcheR

Iceland

Hi Cheer Manal, what did you mean by your relative, is he your brother or cousin? sorry for asking :) , I hope you soon overcome this difficulty!

10:42 AM Apr 26 2012 |

yawar

yawar

Pakistan

she was not a heartbroken she was just angry nothing els.

06:37 AM Apr 26 2012 |

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goodmahsa

goodmahsa

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

in my country and consequently in my culture the marriage between cousins is not bad in a way that we have an idiom which says “the marriage between cousins is tied from Heaven”Laughing although due to medical progress and the doctors’ emphasis to preclude such marriages the amount of these so called Heavenly weddingLaughing has decreased alot

09:04 PM Apr 25 2012 |

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cheer manal

Morocco

LESYA, your question is pointing out an important issue. 


in most countries marriage among cousins and relatives is maybe against the low. but in Morocco there is no restriction to that marriage. of course people are aware of the fact that there may cause huge risks including birth defects,but still i can see such kind of marriage in my society.

04:23 PM Apr 25 2012 |

cheer manal

Morocco

Dear  JULITO, LESYA, BUTTAFLY,... Smile


thank you very much all of you for your significant advice. they´re Well-appreciated and even powerfully esteemed.. i´m really glad to see your comments it makes me feel relieved.i wish I will get ahead soon!

02:26 PM Apr 25 2012 |

Crizsearch

Crizsearch

Indonesia

Dear Lesya…...... check here!!! www.englishbaby.com/lessons/5586/music/girl_talk_-_out_of_the_blue

12:20 PM Apr 25 2012 |

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adnan_affan

Saudi Arabia

;)

12:18 PM Apr 25 2012 |

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JULITO. The longer I know you the more nice features of your character I discover :) 

12:00 PM Apr 25 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

LESYA , let me pitch in. Out of the blue is unexpectedly.  imagine if a rock falls from the sky and  and hit my head , the rock  literally fell to the earth out of the blue  sky. hope it helps. 

10:16 AM Apr 25 2012 |

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

Dearest, cheer manal . Your love story is an extraordinary and very honest.


I wish I could give you any advice how to get rid of this love, but it is very difficult to advise something. :(


Nobody  can get into your heart  to get the feelings you have got inside right now :( Sooner or later your heart will solve this situation without any advices, believe me.


As far as I  know it is not permitted to have relationship with relatives ( in my country anyway) because there are lots of pathologies  newborn children have in such marriages. :(


 Probably such kind of relationships are  not forbiden in your country, are  they? 


Please, help me to inderstand the phrase “he´s just turned up out of the blue to my life”   


With all my heart I wish you to achieve the reciprocated love one day.



emi0808

emi0808

Philippines

I had my heartbroken when I was 18 with my first love. It felt terrible and awful. It’s like you’re dying inside, you can’t breathe and you’ll feel so weak. but then as time goes by i learned to moved on and I realized that people come and go. if people wants to be in your life they will stay but if they leave it means that they aren’t meant to stay in your life. I told my self that one day my real true love will come and will stay forever and most of all no matter what I’ll be happy coz life goes on. Btw now I’m turning 23 and I found my true love already. And hopefully this is it! ;)

 julito

julito

Argentina

Dear  bleeding heart Cheer.  Thank you for your sincerity . I understand you ,reason and heart are in a tug of war and it appears that the last- to your  dismay – has now the upper hand . The best  thing  is to put a distance  between you and  your  relative.  As he is living in Germany, the soon he leaves  the soonest you will be on your feet  again.Smile


11:11 PM Apr 24 2012 |

cheer manal

Morocco

hi EB members! just reading your genuine stories has prompted me to share my own love story.


actually, my heart´s not been broken but rather it´s been bleeding. my situation seems to be  awkward because lately i f fell in love with an oversea(lives in germany) person who is my relative. unfortunately it´s not reciprocated. he´s just turned up out of the blue to my life and really can´t get him out of my mind.. how difficult it is! i sometimes just try to convince myself that i should be realistic enough and get over him, but it´s not that easy. we have just talked few times being formal besides there is no kind of connection between us,but he gets on well with my other sisters and they spend a great deal of time with each other(just friends) it´s an old relationship that´s started since childhood.


in fact  i don´t want to live in pipe dreams. i want to get rid of this love because it makes me suffer alot….but i don´t know how !

 julito

julito

Argentina

Dear Anja, after reading your comment  on how you have dealt with your pain , it came to my  mind  a love story  of my own.  I was heartbroken, obsessed  with the thought of her that haunted me night and day.  The story is that after a time , it came to my mind  that  it was a delusion on my part  ,complete foolishness  ,even I questioned myself :how could i be interested in her , that was utter infatuation.. lol

08:50 PM Apr 24 2012 |

nfrtary

nfrtary

Egypt

Anjelica love this self – confident Smile

05:09 PM Apr 24 2012 |

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