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Obama Party

Obama Party

Date: Jan 20 2009

Themes: History

Grammar: Present Progressive Tense

Intro

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Today is the day. Barack Obama becomes president of the US today.

His inauguration is going to be one of the biggest events in the history of the US. Hundreds of thousands of people are coming from all over the country to Washington DC to attend the event. There will be so many people there that most of them won’t be able to see Obama speak. But they will hear him and they just want to be there. It’s sort of like the opening ceremony at the Olympics in Beijing.

The inauguration takes place early in the morning, but Jason is up and excited. Listen to him call Devan on the phone.

Dialog

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Devan

Devan

Jason

Jason

Devan:  Hello?

Jason:  Dude, today’s the big day.

Devan:  I’m so excited. This is, like, almost as exciting as election day.

Jason:  Do you know anyone who’s going? Do you know anyone who’s there?

Devan:  Um, I don’t know. But I’ve been watching on TV all the celebrities that are gonna be there, like Oprah and Beyonce.

Jason:  It sounds crazy, like, people from all over the country are going to it. There’s just going to be so many people.

Devan:  Yeah. It’s gonna be even more people than were at election day. I don’t know how many…was there like 300,000 people?

Jason:  Wow. I remember you almost got crushed in a rally with, like, 70,000 people. So I can barely imagine…

Devan:  Yeah, and that was just in Portland, Oregon, so just imagine how many people are going to be at the actual inauguration. It’s so exciting. This is, like, a huge moment in history, you know?

Jason:  Yeah. Because, like, election night, we didn’t know how it was going to end at the start of it. Today you wake up and you’re like, “I can’t wait!”

Devan:  It’s like the beginning of a new era. Well, do you want to come over and watch it on TV with me?

Jason:  Do you think I can make it in time?

Devan:  Well, if you hurry and get over here right now, we can watch it together.

Jason:  Sweet. I’ll be right there.

Devan:  OK. Bye.

 

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Discussion

Jason and Devan don’t personally know anyone who is going to the inauguration, but it seems like every American celebrity will be there. They can’t imagine the size of the crowd. 300,000 people saw Obama speak on election night and they didn’t even know for sure if he would win when they showed up!

Jason decides to rush over to Devan’s place to try to watch the inauguration on TV. What was the biggest moment in the recent history of your country? What does Obama’s inauguration mean to you?

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Fi

Fi

Hong Kong

Barack Obama gives US lots of hopessssWink
A quite interesting article :')
but the result wasnt good. 3/5 T_T

04:40 PM Jan 21 2009 |

lanekey

lanekey

China

i hope president Obama will help theUSA and all world's economy.so thakngoodness.

02:24 PM Jan 21 2009 |

lanekey

lanekey

China

i hope Obama

02:22 PM Jan 21 2009 |

terryz30

terryz30

China

keep walking

03:41 AM Jan 21 2009 |

leaf2660

China

Jason, all of the lessons' audio streaming have the same broblem recently, I think it's not only because that is phone call.

02:23 AM Jan 21 2009 |

hassan2020

Morocco

it’s a history event

07:51 PM Jan 20 2009 |

hassan2020

Morocco

it’s the same obama like boche,so he want to do same stratigyies,is distroy the earth,it’s mean looking against arab,be humanity,save the earth,heal the world.

07:49 PM Jan 20 2009 |

Spartan

Spartan

Nigeria

I was watching the inuaguration 2hrs ago and I couldn’t help but think “Wow! maybe some day I will also be inuagurated the Prime Minister of China, cool!” What do you think?

07:19 PM Jan 20 2009 |

Spartan

Spartan

Nigeria

I was watching the inuaguration 2hrs ago and I thought to myself "Wow! maybe someday will be the Chinese Prime Minister, Cool" What do you think?

07:14 PM Jan 20 2009 |

mamuda89

mamuda89

Niger

hi evryone i thank god for his well

my dear obama to is your time so be good ok 

all i want from you i want you romove your army in the arabian countries thank all the best 

At this time of the rising tide,
Always remember God is by your side,
guiding you through that steep hill,
while you let him do his will.



Place your burdens in his hands,
though might be as grains of sands,
trust in him and he will do the rest,
for he alone, knows what is best

06:53 PM Jan 20 2009 |

lzzsdr

lzzsdr

China

Interesting!!!!

02:43 PM Jan 20 2009 |

Jenny58

Jenny58

Ukraine

O, great, today is a big day for me!

02:40 PM Jan 20 2009 |

khunteabwar

Myanmar

hi

 how are you

02:22 PM Jan 20 2009 |

morkon

morkon

Germany

The hope dies last. It is a new chance or not? for a US politics.

01:53 PM Jan 20 2009 |

nil_fm

nil_fm

Turkey

i think,of course obama is better than bush.this moment is good for usa,not for world…..

cause,politics of usa wont change…...when oil was exhausted,they will look for other minerals…..

but the biggest moment of my country is to begin the turkısh war of independence thanks to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk…

at the same time,we fighted with a lot of countries.(at 1.world war).(this is first and end event in muslım world….)i dont suppose,a war like this will come true more time in muslım world (except for turkey,of course)

01:36 PM Jan 20 2009 |

magic1015

magic1015

China

hey

 

 

u American guys weighs a lot in this world

12:14 PM Jan 20 2009 |

yawar

yawar

Pakistan

i think i can't going there,but i must see on TV,

12:03 PM Jan 20 2009 |

lukeyy

lukeyy

China

Can Obama make America move on? Which is expected by so many people.

11:55 AM Jan 20 2009 |

lukeyy

lukeyy

China

wow, I finished it but two answers were wrong.

11:53 AM Jan 20 2009 |

Christoph07

Germany

I saw the inauguration of G.W.B. in TV and in this time there was not much hope and the problems were not so big. Today the problems for U.S. are bigger and the hope is much bigger – not only in America – it seems. 

Sure I will see this event in TV today too. The people are finishing the work here in Germany – its a good time for us to see it in TV. It must be incredible Millions of people in a town with 500.000 inhabitants – wow.

By the way: maybe this event is not so exciting like Olympic games or World Championship in Soccer, but its much more important for next youngest history.  

Congratulation to Obama for the show – going by train to Washington DC and Martin-Luther-King-Day yesterday. ...very perfect…

10:48 AM Jan 20 2009 |

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