
Learn English meaning of 'give up'
Date: Mar 10 2015
Themes: Friend, Romance, School, Soap Opera
Grammar: Second Conditional Progressive
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.
Lucy is having a horrible day. She forgot to eat breakfast, and her car stopped working on the way to school. She got coffee on her shirt, and she left her math homework in her apartment. She’s sleepy because the dogs in the apartment next door were barking all night. Lucy is hungry, frustrated, and tired. She’s ready to give up.
It’s normal to want to give up when things aren’t going well. This is especially true if many bad things are happening at the same time. When everything feels wrong, you might just want to go to bed. It’s important to remember, though, that there’s always tomorrow. And your friends and family want to help you to feel better today if you’ll let them!
Brian knows he needs to give up on his relationship with Lily. What is he doing to make that happen? Read on in today’s English lesson.
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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Brian: Marni?
Marni: Yes?
Brian: What are you doing?
Marni: I was just wondering how you’re doing now that Lily’s gone.
Brian: Honestly, I’m OK. I know I need to give up on our relationship, but I’m not quite there yet.
Marni: I’m sorry. What are you doing this weekend?
Brian: I would probably be feeling sorry for myself if I didn’t have an exam to study for.
Marni: An exam? I didn’t know you were taking a class.
Brian: Yep. Human anatomy.
Marni: Wow. I was hoping you were going to say parapsychology.
Brian: What’s parapsychology?
Marni: The study of ghosts and other paranormal activity. Hasn’t Gary told you about our office ghost? I’m calling him Oscar.
Brian: He did mention something, but I wasn’t really listening.
Marni: Oscar is real. Rafael saw him, too. Every morning when I come into the office, things are in a different place. Doors will slam shut. Things fall on the floor for no reason. It’s inexplicable.
Brian: What you need to do is show Oscar you’re not afraid of him. Otherwise he’ll never give up trying to scare you.
Marni: How do you propose I do that?
Brian: Let’s have a meeting and we’ll make a plan.
Marni: OK. I like it.
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Discussion
Marni is worried about Brian. She knows that he’s sad about Lily moving to Paris, and she wants to make sure that he’s OK. Marni is happy to learn that Brian is staying busy, and she’s surprised when she finds out that he’s taking a science class.
The two friends also talk about Oscar, the ghost that several people have seen or felt in the office. Brian has never seen Oscar, but it seems like he believes in ghosts and understands what to do. He tells Marni that she needs to show Oscar that she isn’t afraid of him if she wants the ghost to stop causing problems.
Will Brian be able to stop Oscar? Do you believe in ghosts?
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