Learn amazing English with this ESL lesson about ‘Blow One's Mind'

Intro

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• surprise
• birthday
• get fired
• expect

• keep a secret
• brainstorm
• blow one's mind
• make sense

• mention
• pretend

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When did you have your last big surprise? Was it a good surprise, like getting a new car for your birthday, or was it a bad surprise, like getting fired from your job? When surprises happen, life usually changes. It’s important to relax and not become stressed when life moves in a new direction. Often, these changes happen in ways that you don’t expect. In fact, they will sometimes blow your mind.

When something “blows your mind,” it surprises you in a big way. It might be a wonderful surprise. Your mind might be blown because your boyfriend asked you to marry him! Or your mind could be blown by learning unexpected information. For example, it might blow your mind to know that your family wanted to keep a secret from you. When your mind is blown, you will probably feel many emotions. You might be excited or angry. You will also have new information about something important.

Dominique wants to blow Sheila’s mind. Listen to her brainstorm with the Travel Bug team in today’s English lesson.

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Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Dominique

Kelsey

Andy_H

Jordin

Dominique:  Thank you everyone for meeting me out of work today.

Kelsey:  I love the park. We can meet here for work anytime!

Andy_H:  Quick question?

Jordin:  Let me guess… you are wondering where Sheila is?

Andy_H:  Well, yeah.

Kelsey:  Oh yeah, where is she? She hasn’t been at work all day, right?

Dominique:  Actually, yes, she has been at work all day.

Andy_H:  She was sitting with us at lunch.

Kelsey:  Ohhh! That was today?

Dominique:  But she is the reason why I wanted us to all meet here, out of the office.

Andy_H:  Oh no! She’s not getting fired, is she?

Kelsey:  Whoa! That totally blows my mind! I can’t believe it, Sheila? She’s such a hard worker! I mean, she actually works….

Jordin:  She’s not getting fired.

Dominique:  Jordin is right. Sheila is not getting fired. She’s doing great work. I wanted us to meet here because it’s her birthday tomorrow.

Kelsey:  Oh! That makes so much more sense!

Andy_H:  She didn’t mention that.

Dominique:  She accidently mentioned it to me this morning and wanted me to promise not to tell anyone. But… I couldn’t help it, so I wanted us all to get together to plan her a surprise birthday!

Andy_H:  Oh, that sounds fun!

Dominique:  Right? So, I told Jordin, and we decided to do it. I wanted to get us here so we can decide on something fun to do for her.

Kelsey:  When should we have it?

Jordin:  I think it would be fun to pretend like we didn’t know it was her birthday at all.

Andy_H:  Oh, and then surprise her at the very end? That does sound fun!

Kelsey:  That might be hard for me to keep a secret that long. Can we surprise her at lunch?

Dominique:  That sounds like fun! OK, so let’s brainstorm ideas. I want it to blow Sheila’s mind! So, let’s think big, fun, something she’d never expect.

 

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