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.
Sometimes it’s fun to wonder about the people who used to live where you live or who used to work where you work, especially if you live or work in a really old building.
But what if those people are…in a sense…still there?
What if they’re haunting the building?
Marni and Kevin are walking along when they find an abandoned building. It reminds Marni of a scary movie she recently saw…
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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.
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Kevin: Hey, what’s this here?
Marni: I think it’s an abandoned restaurant.
Kevin: It’s kinda creepy.
Marni: It is kinda creepy! Old abandoned buildings always creep me out.
Kevin: Yeah…oh…
Marni: You know what this reminds me of…Have you seen that movie 1408?
Kevin: No, but I’ve heard about it…Samuel L. Jackson, John Cusack, right?
Marni: It’s a Stephen King story.
Kevin: Oh, creepy.
Marni: So it is…it’s scary. It’s about this abandoned, sort of, hotel room. The hotel itself isn’t abandoned, but the room is legend to be haunted. You don’t go in 1408…
Kevin: Because what happened there?
Marni: Just countless people have died in there, so they don’t allow guests to stay there anymore. And uh, it’s scary. It works. I liked it. I wasn’t sure, you know I like Stephen King, I’m a big fan, but sometimes…John Cusack, I wasn’t sure if he could pull off a horror film.
Kevin: That’s what I think is so surprising.
Marni: He does a really good job. It’s creepy. It’s definitely worth seeing.
Kevin: Okay, cool. I’ll have to check it out.
Marni: We should check this building.
Kevin: Sounds good, let’s go.
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Discussion
Marni and Kevin agree that abandoned buildings creep them out when they find an abandoned old restaurant. Marni starts telling Kevin about a movie she saw called 1408.
The movie is based on a story by famous horror writer Stephen King. It’s about a hotel with a room in which people tend to die. The hotel doesn’t let people stay in room 1408 anymore.
1408 stars John Cusack, an actor who is best known for funny films like High Fidelity. Kevin is surprised that he would do well in a scary movie, but Marni says he does a great job.
Kevin says he’ll have to go see the movie…but only after he and Marni explore the abandoned restaurant.
Have you ever been anywhere you thought was haunted? Do you like to explore scary places?
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