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Kidnapped!

Kidnapped! English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Jan 27 2009

Themes: Soap Opera

Grammar: Simple Future Tense

Intro

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Remember when Beren was eating meat even though she’s supposed to be a vegetarian? And remember when she was afraid of Russians and everything Russian for some reason? What was up with that?

Well, ladies and gentlemen, the truth comes out this week on the soap opera. Beren was kidnapped and replaced by her evil twin! Watch as her twin reveals her evil plans.

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Dialog

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Beren

Beren

Beren:  Why are you doing this to me?

Evil Beren: I don’t want to do this. I’m not going to hurt you, but I’m running from the Russian mob and I need your identity. Remember that two-for-one drink special in the all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet? I arranged that. I knew it’d lure you to that casino. That’s where I got your driver’s license, your Social Security number, even the name of all your friends. Here we are.

Beren:  But we’re sisters. Don’t you want to get to know me? We have the same DNA. We shared a womb.

Evil Beren: I would love to have a sister. It’d be nice, but I’ve spent my whole life without one and it’s just too much of a hassle. Besides, you have better credit than I do.

Beren:  How long are you going to keep me down here for? It’s kinda cold.

Evil Beren: I probably won’t shoot you. I’ll let you go eventually. I mean, lucky for you Jason, the only person who’d know the difference between us, is in a coma.

Beren:  He’s in a coma! What happened?

Evil Beren: It’s a long story. It involves a banana peel.

Beren:  A banana peel?

Evil Beren: I don’t really want to get into it. We don’t really have time. in fact, I have more evil things to go do and plot and think about, but I’ll be back.

 

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Discussion

As she removes the gag from Beren’s mouth, her twin explains that she got in some hot water with Russian mafia, so when Beren went to Vegas, she seized the opportunity to capture Beren and steal her identity.

Beren is sad, not just because she’s been kidnapped, but also because she just discovered she has a sister, but her sister is evil. What a bummer. At least Evil Beren says she probably won’t kill good Beren, but you can never trust an evil twin.

What a crazy plot twist. Do you think Beren’s friends will be able to figure out what’s going on before it’s too late?

 

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dreckspatz

Germany

i love jason. he is my best friend

09:40 PM Jan 29 2009 |

Marcelolic

Marcelolic

Brazil

Hahaha these soap operas are comedy!as a big pastel hehehe

07:20 PM Jan 29 2009 |

OlgaSummer

OlgaSummer

Ukraine

Nice play!)))

01:19 PM Jan 28 2009 |

swimfun

swimfun

Morocco

well! thanks for the lesson! but you know, we use the simple future  when we do not know if the action will take place in the future or not.E.g: I will call you tomorrow: it means that I have not really the intention to call , may be i might call or not.NOt the case in  : I'm going to call you tomorrow

10:05 PM Jan 27 2009 |

miffoo

miffoo

Slovakia

nice video:) LOL

04:51 PM Jan 27 2009 |

shad84

shad84

United States

what a good show though…next time folks you mind making it a lil bit spicey,huh?

04:32 PM Jan 27 2009 |

zeus2006

zeus2006Super Member!

Turkey

Very Childish!!! I wonder who created this story!!!

03:46 PM Jan 27 2009 |

Taja

Taja

Russian Federation

"Putin's eyes" Laughing  Pretty!

02:54 PM Jan 27 2009 |

teddy008

teddy008

China

very good !

01:57 PM Jan 27 2009 |

Chiachi

Chiachi

Taiwan

I thought Beren's friends would be figured out it, and most probably, they could release her successfully in the end!  Because of that, even though there were so many things could be pretended, such as face, voice, dress, and even behavior, but the memories in the pass won't be instead.

11:32 AM Jan 27 2009 |

Naomi1010

Naomi1010

Taiwan

Well, poor Beren!

09:54 AM Jan 27 2009 |

小丸子8

小丸子8

China

Cry  a tragedy

09:23 AM Jan 27 2009 |

plasma

plasma

Ukraine

sad story….

08:08 AM Jan 27 2009 |

Margaret

Margaret

United Arab Emirates

HAHAHA poor Beren, this lesson is really joyful, and I feel sorry for Jason he does not deserve it. : )

01:19 AM Jan 27 2009 |

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