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.
Have you ever crashed a bicycle? If so, you know that you can get a pretty big bruise from it. Listen in as Steph1 and Steph2 talk about a recent accident involving a special kind of bike. See if you can tell what makes the bike special. Also, can you tell which Steph is the English, baby! Steph?
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.
Steph1: Dude! What is that bruise on your knee?
Steph2: Oh my god! You would not believe what happened.
Steph1: What happened?
Steph2: I was in spinning class. Do you know what that is?
Steph1: Spinning class. Is that with the bicycles, the stationary bikes and stuff?
Steph2: Yeah. And the teacher’s on a microphone. And she plays loud music and she says, ok time to climb the hill. Stand up out of the saddle.
Steph1: And then what happened?
Steph2: Well, I stood up out of my saddle for my hill climb and the handle bars flew off.
Steph1: Oh my god!
Steph2: So.
Steph1: What happened to you?
Steph2: My foot stayed in the pedal. And my body went over the front of the bike. And I sprained my ankle and bruised up my knee.
Steph1: Lame!
Steph2: It sucks!
Steph1: Oh, that’s too bad.
Quizzes
Lesson MP3
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Discussion
Steph1 and Steph2 are pretty tight. Unfortunately, both are prone to accidents. Crashing a stationary bike is a pretty amazing feat, but Steph and Steph have done a lot better. Like slipping down an escalator because they were trying to go down the up escalator in the rain. That’s just silly! What’s the silliest accident you’ve ever had?