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.
The world moves very fast these days. People seem to be in such a hurry. Rushing to work, rushing to school, rushing home, rushing through dinner. People are in too much of a hurry to walk, so they take the elevator. They barely have time to stop and hang with their friends. Sometimes, you just want the world to hold up for a second, so you can catch your breath. It would be so nice to have some time to ping your best friend and go to a music gig, but even enjoyable activities can be stressful if you don’t have time to hold up.
When you hold up, you stop what you are doing and wait for a second or two. If you are out hiking with your friends, and they get too far ahead of you on the trail, you might ask them to hold up. You might be talking with someone on the phone, and they are telling a story. If they say something you don’t understand, you might interrupt them and ask them to hold up.
Kelsey was on the way to her gig, but she got lost. Watch as Andy tells Kelsey to hold up and worriedly searches for her.
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.
Kelsey: Hello? Andy? Hello?
Andy_H: Kelsey! Where are you?
Kelsey: I don’t know. All the hallways look the same. I’m not sure if the elevator took me up or down. There’s no number on anything.
Andy_H: You’re not still in the elevator, are you?
Kelsey: No, I’m in a hallway, but I’m going to take the elevator.
Andy_H: Sorry to interrupt, but just hold up on that, OK?
Kelsey: Why?
Andy_H: Dominique and I are trying to find you. So, wherever you are, just stay there, and we’ll find you.
Kelsey: I’m nervous that I’m going to be late for the show.
Andy_H: It’s OK. There’s still time.
Kelsey: OK, I’m just going to…
Andy_H: I’ll find you.
Dominique: Hello?
Andy_H: I found her!
Dominique: You did!
Andy_H: Well… I mean, I pinged her.
Dominique: You pinged her?
Andy_H: I got ahold of her on my phone. She said that she’s in a hallway.
Dominique: So, you haven’t found her.
Andy_H: Well, not per se, but…
Dominique: Andy, what are you doing?
Andy_H: Running through a staircase. Ahhh!
Dominique: Hold up! I can barely hear you.
Andy_H: OK. OK! OK. I called her. And she answered, but she doesn’t know where she is. So, I told her to hang there, and we’d find her. So, I’m running up the stairs to find her… unless she’s back downstairs…. So, if I don’t find her, I’ll go back down. But she’s worried she’s not going to make her gig on time, and I’m worried that she’s not going to be able to find us, and….
Dominique: OK, OK. I’m going up the stairs now, too.
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Discussion
Kelsey was on the way to her gig, and she got lost. Andy calls her on her phone. Kelsey says that she is in a hallway somewhere. She wants to take the elevator, but she’s not sure where she is. Andy tells her to hold up. Andy tells Kelsey to stay where she is, and he will find her.
Andy calls Dominique to tell her that he pinged Kelsey. He hasn’t found her yet, but he spoke to her on the phone. He is worried they won’t be able to find her. He tells Dominique that he’s going to run through the staircases and hallways until he finds Kelsey. Dominique tells Andy that she is going to go up the stairs as well.
Have you ever been lost? When was the last time you had to hold up and wait for a friend?