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Onto Them English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Mar 31 2009

Themes: Soap Opera

Grammar: Adverbs

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.

Last week, when Marni and Mason told Beren about their new friends Ella and Dale, she seemed to sense something was a little strange about them. She probably didn’t guess that they are undercover cops who have come to investigate her kidnapping of her twin, but she seemed sketched out.

Now Beren will meet Dale and Ella face to face for the first time. Can they fool her like they’ve fooled Mason and Marni?

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.

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

Ella

Ella

Dale

Dale

Beren

Beren

Ella:  Hey. Dale, Dale.

Dale:  Ah, Beren. Beren!

Ella:  Oh my gosh.

Dale:  Beren! How you doin’? How you doin’?

Ella:  Hi.

Beren:  Do I know you?

Dale:  I’m Dale.

Ella:  Ella.

Beren:  Hi.

Ella:  We know Marni and Mason.

Dale:  Yeah.

Beren:  Really?

Ella:  We’ve heard so much about you and we just…We love your band. We’re groupies. We are big fans.

Beren:  Weird.

Dale:  So when’s your next band practice?

Beren:  Ah…I’m not in a band.

Dale:  You’re not in a band?

Beren:  No.

Dale:  What happened?

Beren:  It’s a long story.

Dale:  Long story. So what do you do now?

Beren:  Nothing.

Dale:  Nothing really. Are you living anywhere? Are you doing things? What’s your…

Beren:  Yeah, I have a house.

Dale:  You have a house. So, where’s that at? Oh, you know, we’re friends with Marni and Mason.

Ella:  We just want to…

Beren:  No, you said that…

Dale:  Yeah. We just want to know…

Beren:  Where do you know them from? That’s weird.

Dale:  Yeah.

Ella:  We just ran into them and we just talked to them and then we knew that we were fans of your band and then it was just this huge coincidence. It was amazing.

Dale:  And with that being said, so what are you doing these days?

Beren:  Uh…

Ella:  We’re just so curious.

Dale:  Yeah.

Beren:  Huh.

Dale:  Do you…I don’t even…Are you doing…

Beren:  No.

Dale:  Where are you going now?

Beren:  I got…No. I just have to…

Ella:  We would just love to hang out with you.

Dale:  Yeah…

Ella:  The whole gang. The whole gang.

Beren:  Alright.

Dale:  Are you sure? I mean, we could always hang out.

Ella:  We’ll buy you a drink.

Dale:  Yeah. You can always call us any time. We’re always ready to go. It was nice meeting you.

Ella:  Come back.

Dale:  You can call us any time. Where’s she goin’?

Ella:  Basement? That’s odd.

 

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Discussion

Ella and Dale stop Beren outside the elevator and ask her about her band. She tells them that she’s not in a band, but anyone who uses Ebaby! a lot knows that’s a lie. She’s talked touring and recording with her band.

As Beren waits for the elevator, Dale and Ella get really nervous and start talking about how they’re friends with Mason and Marni. Beren realizes that they’re up to something, so she gets on the elevator and takes it to the basement. It seems pretty clear that Beren is onto them. Do you think Ella and Dale will save Beren from her twin? Have you ever had to try to fool someone who was onto you?

 

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maria rama

maria rama

Philippines

Kiss

05:40 AM Jul 22 2009 |

Storm123

Storm123

Viet Nam

Ella and Dale talk so much because they don't want Beren is onto them.Smile

01:13 AM May 21 2009 |

leito77

Uzbekistan

Foot in mouth

11:14 AM May 15 2009 |

rain baby

rain baby

China

HI

06:40 AM May 03 2009 |

Voldis

Voldis

Latvia

Hi, everybody! I just joined englishbaby.Very interesting! I hope to be here long time and meet new friends.

03:52 PM May 02 2009 |

dwaqaddi

dwaqaddi

Philippines

whoa what happen to ella she got stuck with those words :0

 

06:50 PM May 01 2009 |

med776

Tunisia

hi

 

09:41 PM Apr 30 2009 |

odassey_xfl

China

xvxv

11:55 AM Apr 19 2009 |

kaira_harry

Yemen

yah i think too Ella and Dale talked too much

but i think Beren she wont talking with them 

because she said (long story) 

she wanna leave quikly because she don't has enuogh to talk with them

hehe

07:11 PM Apr 14 2009 |

LEE CHANGWOO

South Korea

Ella and Dale saw Beren and they asked her about her band. But Beren couldn't say anything about her band. Then Beren realizes that the two knows so much about her and she's onto them.

12:54 PM Apr 14 2009 |

Yingqiu

China

Ella and Dale talked too much. Beren started doubting their roles.

04:55 PM Apr 08 2009 |

ciberd7

ciberd7

Brazil

Of course! Sometimes there are lots of people we have to fool.

Most often we have to fool telemarketing sales, salesman and people who wants to bother us sending products and artfacts, therefore, the best thing to do is no to be bad with words as Beren did and run away from them using your skills of fleeing eheheh :)

04:05 PM Apr 06 2009 |

gjenta

Albania

nice haha

01:01 PM Apr 04 2009 |

leearena

leearena

Malaysia

don't know what was it about since i left so many chapter,, huhu

02:18 AM Apr 04 2009 |

Marcelolic

Marcelolic

Brazil

Lying is never good…But sometimes a little lie is forgivable hihihi :D

08:16 PM Apr 01 2009 |

Marcelolic

Marcelolic

Brazil

Certaily Baren thought very strange the approach of both and the same we can to say of Ella and Dale…In the end,Ella and Dale will will unveil this mystery hehe…

08:07 PM Apr 01 2009 |

aljalal2

United Arab Emirates

Hi It’s amazing to have friends

07:24 AM Apr 01 2009 |

tiagon85

Brazil

It´s difficulty to have the skill of fooling someone, I never could do that in a perfect way.

02:18 AM Apr 01 2009 |

100158

100158

Hong Kong

HI!This is my first comment^^Dale N Ella were too pasionate!They asked too many questions but it seems Beren didnt want to talk with them .I think she is on to something.

My English is pretty poor Iwash it makes sences.

07:48 PM Mar 31 2009 |

lalobrown

lalobrown

Dominican Republic

Dale N´Ella asked too many question in a short time so Beren´s evil twin noticed that there was something fishy w/those guys

06:52 PM Mar 31 2009 |

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