
Learn English with this history English lesson
Date: Jan 04 2013
Grammar: Contractions and Abbreviations
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.
If you’ve ever seen American money, you know Abraham Lincoln. His face is on the penny and the five dollar bill.
Lincoln was President during the American Civil War in the 1860s. Without his leadership, the US would likely have split into two countries. He is also the President who ended slavery.
With his very tall, thin body and beard, Lincoln is a legendary figure who any actor would have a hard time portraying. But in a new movie called Lincoln, Daniel Day Lewis becomes one of the greatest Americans to ever live.
Listen to Mason and Jeff discuss Lincoln in this movie English lesson.
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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Mason: Let me tell you what’s on my holiday gift list, two tickets to see Lincoln, which is going to be the must-see movie of the season.
Jeff: Oh yeah, that’s the one with um…what’s his face...
Mason: Daniel Day-Lewis!
Jeff: I like him.
Mason: By Steven Spielberg, who…what was even the last movie that he made? It’s at the point that when Steven Spielberg steps out to make a movie, it’s an event. And when Daniel Day-Lewis does a movie, it’s an event. So, I hope that they don’t cancel each other out or something.
Jeff: Well, I mean, yeah, that’s going to be an interesting one to see. Lincoln’s a big deal! That’s a pretty touchy subject.
Mason: He’s probably one of the foremost mythic people in American culture.
Jeff: I’d say.
Mason: And yet I don’t really know much about him. Like, “Oh yeah, Lincoln! He was great, everything was perfect for him, he got rid of slavery and died a terrible death.” So I’m actually kind of curious to go and get some information from the film, which is probably a big risk because if there’s one thing you can’t trust Hollywood to do, it’s give you the story straight.
Jeff: Yeah.
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Discussion
Mason and Jeff agree that Lincoln is the must-see movie of the moment, not only because of who is in it and who directed it, but also because of the subject matter.
Lincoln is one of the most famous and well-respected American Presidents. Jeff says Lincoln is a touchy subject though because some people in the US still wish the Civil War had ended differently.
Mason says he actually doesn’t know that much about Lincoln. He knows that he ended slavery and was murdered, but he hopes to learn more from the film.
Have you ever heard of Abraham Lincoln? Who is the most famous leader from your country’s history?
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