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Let's Go Snowboarding!

Date: Mar 13 2000

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Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

hook up

2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

Tyson likes Michelle. He has been wanting to ask her on a date for a long time. Now he finally has the courage to do it, but she doesn’t seem very interested. How does she get out of it?

Dialog

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

Tyson

Michelle

Tyson: Hey Michelle. What’s goin’ on?

Michelle: Not much. What are you up to?

Tyson: Oh, nothin’ much. Uh… what are you doing this weekend?

Michelle: This weekend… I don’t know. I haven’t really decided yet.

Tyson: Well, I was thinking about going snowboarding this weekend.

Michelle: Snowboarding? That sounds pretty cool.

Tyson: Yeah, it’s totally cool. Do you want to go?

Michelle: Ah, me? I’ve never snowboarded before. I don’t know. Um…

Tyson: It’s no big deal. I can totally teach you.

Michelle: Well, who’s all going?

Tyson: Um, well my buddy Jake and his girlfriend, and you know, we’re thinking about, you know, staying the weekend up there at his mom’s place and…

Michelle: So, we’d, we’d be staying overnight then?

Tyson: Yeah. Is that a problem?

Michelle: Well, um, I don’t know. I’ve never really been snowboarding before and I… probably not this weekend. Um… but why don’t you give me your phone number and, and uh, I’ll call you if plans happen to change.

Tyson: Totally cool. We can do something some, you know, some other time, and we’ll hook up!

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Discussion

Tyson seems to be a nice guy. Maybe Michelle would go out with him if he asked her to go to lunch, but staying the night with him sounds like too much for her. You can tell by the was she’s talking that she is a little nervous about going. There is a lot of “um” and “you know” in this conversation. They are very real. Most people speak like this naturally and it’s good to get used to hearing it. Be careful, it’s contagious! Better luck next time, Tyson!—Doc

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