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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
As the saying goes, “Breaking up is hard to do.” So if you need to dump someone, the question is, what’s the easiest way? Breaking up in person can be messy, but writing or calling can make you seem like a coward.
Marni and Amanda are sitting on the couch having a conversation about their boyfriends when Marni gets a text from her long-distance, online boyfriend, John, whom she has only seen once in Vegas. Guess what it says…
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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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Marni: So, how are things going with Mason?
Amanda: I asked for some space.
Marni: And how did that go?
Amanda: And he, um…I think he was a little ticked off, a little offended. Because I think that normally it’s the guy’s role. You know? They’re asking for the space and it’s kind of expected, and the girl gets all sensitive, but we kind of switched roles there and I think he was taken aback. It’s OK, though.
Marni: I’ve been expecting John to to call.
Amanda: Who?
Marni: John. You know.
Amanda: Oh, J Dog?
Marni: Yeah. I know. I really like him so I just…
Amanda: Can I see it? OK. Just go ahead. Go ahead. I’ll pretend like I’m not here.
Marni: Sorry. We’ll just…
Amanda: OK. What’s it say?
Marni: What?
Amanda: Just tell me.
Marni: “Hey. Sorry girl. Not feelin’ it anymore.”
Amanda: Like, feelin’ what?
Marni: Well, you are a…
Amanda: Did he have a fever?
Marni: He’s breaking up with me.
Amanda: No. I don’t think he would do that in a text. I mean, who does that?
Marni: I don’t know. Apparently J Dog does, because what is this saying, “Not feelin’ it anymore”?
Amanda: I’m sorry, hun.
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Discussion
Wow. Breaking up with someone in a text message. That’s pretty low. Could you read the text? It said, “Hey. Sorry girl. Not feelin’ it anymore,” but it was spelled like this: “Hey, sry grl, not feelin it n e more.” John couldn’t even type out full words to break up with Marni!
Things could be worse. At least they don’t live together.
What should Marni do? Call John and try to get him back? Yell at him? Forget about him? Have you ever dumped someone? How did you do it?
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this remind me of an episode of " how i met your mother" series season1 : well.. Ted broke up with his girl on an answerMachine on her birthday and who hear it :all of her friends wh were at her place preparing for a surprise party it was so acquird then he come back 2 her 2years later and apolgize so she accept it a week later who wanted 2 break up again so his friends says this time at least it should be face 2face so he took her 2 a restaurant and break up it turns out that it is her birthday again but this time she kicked his ass and he ended up in a hospital… haha|
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I have been dumped by my first boy friend and after that relationship I was the side who always dump. (Darkside of the force) |
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