Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
What if the world was divided by virtue? You could only be with people just like you. Would you be bored?
For Tris, the heroine of the new movie Divergent, this world is real. Everyone around her is split into factions. The problem is that’s she different. As she tries to learn who’s good and who’s bad, her character has to undergo many changes.
Like many young adult novels that have become movies, Divergent has its own intense moments. Movie-goers have to figure out who they’re rooting for and hope that character will win in the end.
Jeff and Gary have very different opinions about Divergent. Who’s excited to see the new film? Find out in this English lesson about books made into movies.
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: Oh, man!
Gary: What, what, what?
Jeff: I am excited. Divergent. Have you seen this? Have you heard about this?
Gary: To be honest, I don’t read a lot of young adult novels, like The Hunger Games or Divergent. I’m not a big fan really of the whole, “Hey, let’s make this into a movie” kind of thing. I’m just not there.
Jeff: They’re all just so intense, you know? It’s just like battles of virtue, and the characters have to undergo so much…
Gary: Yeah, of course.
Jeff: ...and you’re rooting for them to transform in a way.
Gary: Well, yeah, they transform generally from this meek character to this really strong and capable character, right?
Jeff: Yeah. You’re rooting for them, you know?
Gary: I’m having a hard time with it. But one thing that’s really nice is that there’s all these factions that this character is trying to go between to figure out who’s good, who’s bad. I like that part of these movies. I think that’s pretty cool.
Jeff: It’s like real life, you know? In a way.
Gary: It is.
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Discussion
Jeff can’t wait to talk to Gary about the new movie Divergent. It’s based on the popular book for teenagers, and Jeff thinks the movie will be great!
It turns out that Gary’s not really excited about Divergent, though. He doesn’t really like young adult novels, or books that are made into movies.
While Jeff likes the questions of good and evil and battles in this type of movie, Gary thinks they’re basically all the same. However, Gary does think that it’s interesting how the main character has to figure out who is good and who’s bad. And he and Jeff both agree that people have the same challenge in real life.
What’s your opinion about Divergent? Have you seen the movie or read the book? Do you agree that the main character’s challenge is like real life?
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