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.
At 10:50 p.m. on December 8, 1980, John Lennon was shot four times outside his New York City home. For over 25 years now, people have mourned the loss of one of the greatest performers in modern music. Though his life ended on that cold night in 1980, his spirit lives on.
On April 24, 2006, psychics will get together and attempt to contact the ghost of John Lennon.
Listen to Taylor and Dave talk about The Spirit of John Lennon.
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.
Taylor: I heard that there’s going to be a bunch of psychics coming together for a seance to contact the ghost of John Lennon.
Dave: That’s right, that’s right. On April 24th, for, like, $10, you can watch these psychics trying to reach John Lennon in the spirit world.
Taylor: What do you think John Lennon is going to say? What do you think they’re going to ask?
Dave: I don’t know. They have one, like, psychic who specializes in receiving musical notes from the afterlife.
Taylor: Oh!
Dave: So, he’ll be there to receive any new music from John Lennon.
Taylor: I wonder if it’s going to be Revolution #10.
Dave: #10?
Taylor: As opposed to Revolution #9. From The White Album. Are you not familiar with that song?
Dave: Not off the top of my head.
Taylor: ...number nine, number nine, number nine….
Dave: Huh. I don’t know. But, the same group who’s doing this show also did a show in 2003 called The Spirit of Diana.
Taylor: Oh!
Dave: Supposedly, they contacted Princess Di and asked how things are going in the afterlife. Apparently, she’s having a grand old time, sipping cocktails, kicking back.
Taylor: These psychics, how do they imagine the afterlife? Do they see it as some sort of heaven, or nothingness?
Dave: I’m not sure. Probably as some sort of limbo, a big ballroom with lots of waiters and cocktails and good music.
Taylor: Then why would these dead people be interested in talking to these psychics, you know?
Dave: I wonder.
Taylor: I mean, if I could sit there eating cocktail weenies and chat with Lennon, anyone, you know, I would stay there. I wouldn’t get up to go talk with a bunch of psychics in another world.
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Discussion
In 2003, producers made a similar show called The Spirit of Diana. Psychics in this show said that they communicated with the spirit of Princess Diana, who died in a car crash in 1997.
Do you think there is life after death? Do you think it’s possible to communicate with spirits?
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