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A Miracle

A Miracle English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Feb 10 2009

Themes: Health, Religion, Romance

Grammar: Future Progressive Tense

Intro

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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.

When things get really bad, even people who aren’t very religious will often find themselves praying.

I bet you didn’t know that Amanda is Catholic. It hasn’t come up before. But now that one of her friends is in a coma, another has cancer and another has been kidnapped (although she doesn’t know about that one) she has set up a makeshift altar with some candles and started praying.

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Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Amanda

Amanda

Devan

Devan

Jason

Jason

Amanda:  Oh Heavenly Father, I come to you tonight, asking you to grant me the strength to help heal our brother Jason. Jason has been in a horrible accident. He’s in a coma. He cannot move his limbs. He cannot stand, he cannot dance, he cannot play Scrabble. He can do nothing. I come to you now pleading, pleading…

Devan:  Amanda! Amanda!

Amanda:  One moment.

Devan:  Amanda!

Amanda:  Sweet Lord…

Devan:  The hospital just called…

Amanda:  What?

Devan:  The hospital just called two seconds ago.

Amanda:  So?

Devan:  Jason woke up. He’s not in a coma anymore.

Amanda:  What are you talking about?

Devan:  He woke up!

Amanda:  Our Jason?

Devan:  Our Jason just woke up…

Amanda:  Our Jason woke up…

Devan:  ...like two seconds ago.

Amanda:  ...and came out of his coma.

Devan:  Yes. What are you doing?

Amanda:  Apparently, I’m creating miracles tonight.

Devan:  Oh my God, you’re OK!

Jason:  Hey!

Devan:  I’m so relieved. Oh my God, how are you feeling?

Jason:  I feel surprisingly alright.

Devan:  Really? Is anything broken?

Jason:  A few broken ribs, I have quite a headache, but, you know.

Devan:  But your mind is fine? You don’t feel any brain damage or…

Jason:  Well, I can’t remember a lot that happened right before the accident, but other than that, it’s essentially fine.

Devan:  You mean like the conversation you and Mason were having right before you fell?

Jason:  Well, that…yeah, really the last thing I remember is that we were going to watch Wayne’s World, and that’s pretty much where my memory stops.

Devan:  That’s the last thing you remember? But that was like a month ago.

Jason:  Yeah, I mean…

Devan:  That’s really the last thing you remember?

Jason:  Did I miss anything good?

Devan:  Well, I mean…do you remember that you’re my boyfriend?

Jason:  No! I don’t remember that at all!

Devan:  You don’t? We’re dating. You told me you loved me.

Jason:  Oh my…really? Wow…I’m so sorry I don’t remember. Oh my God.

Devan:  Well, are you OK with it? I mean, it means a lot to me that we’re together so I hope you still feel that way.

Jason:  Yeah, how did it happen? How did we get together?

Devan:  You know, we were bonding about Wayne’s World and I was just pretending to be Garth and it made you laugh and then you said you loved me! You did! I wouldn’t make that up.

Jason:  Well, that’s great. I come out of a coma and I have a partner.

Devan:  Isn’t that great?

Jason:  That’s great!

 

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Discussion

What a day! Amanda is praying for Jason to get better when Devan arrives and tells her that the hospital has called and he’s OK.

Then, Devan goes to the hospital to see Jason. She discovers that he can’t remember the last month, so she tells him that they were together before his accident.

Do you think it was wrong of Devan to lie? She is deceiving a person who has amnesia and that’s mean, but the only reason Jason didn’t like her before was that she didn’t have any hair and that’s mean too.

 

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ophelia_0081

Turkey

so imaginative :)

 

07:35 PM Feb 10 2009 |

MATEUSHS

MATEUSHS

Latvia

Many things are miracle just for us, not for God. everything is posiible for Him, because He Created us… Like human created cars and know what to do if car is broken and that is not a miracle. May be, car could say: oh, this is a miracle!

05:02 PM Feb 10 2009 |

Reetaj

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

when we need sth we pray and we expect a miracle but when the action is done ( a miracle occurs) we forget every thing even we forget to thank  God

04:24 PM Feb 10 2009 |

passionforluv

Malaysia

I do believe in miracle only you have to work it out ha ha ha.

03:33 PM Feb 10 2009 |

iman82

iman82

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

anyway, when jason come out of, he will discover what she did!! really nobody like lies

02:23 PM Feb 10 2009 |

champaign

China

i can't say devan is wrong, but i don't think what she did is a good way. nobody like lies.

01:58 PM Feb 10 2009 |

Shelny-Yang

China

I think it's not good to cheat someone who's still ill with his brain. Love can not be got in that way.

01:11 PM Feb 10 2009 |

Christoph07

Germany

In one hand – to believe in miracles is good for hope. And hope is necessary for a healthy society. 

In the other hand – to believe in miracles can make passiv and you take time and sources to pray to any god than to try to solute the problems for yourself.

Thank you for this story – I had to laugh for this tragedically comedy. It seems Devan is very smart. I remember that Jason did not feel real love for Devan. I thought its only something like compassion.

What will be happen next?

12:19 PM Feb 10 2009 |

nil_fm

nil_fm

Turkey

i wish,Devan will not be upset in the end of story…:(

12:15 PM Feb 10 2009 |

Athan

Athan

China

Athough Devan’s trick is not good,I think if she is really into Jason,she can be more brave to tell Jason that she has feelings about him,in spite of any results.

11:03 AM Feb 10 2009 |

dengchunmeimerry

China

Actually,mirales can  happen.There is an old saying :"Only if you have a dream ,only if you persist,it will come true."

10:36 AM Feb 10 2009 |

teodorsavov

Bulgaria

I believe in miracle…

09:58 AM Feb 10 2009 |

plasma

plasma

Ukraine

I also want to believe in miracle…

09:38 AM Feb 10 2009 |

kalana1

kalana1

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

obviously this is a good story,this is the way we can learn english .thanks you for making this fantastic  video clip.

 

09:22 AM Feb 10 2009 |

kalana1

kalana1

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

obviously this is a good story,this is the way we can learn english .thanks you for making this fantastic  video clip.

 

09:22 AM Feb 10 2009 |

pulide

pulide

Germany

Hello fastry

I think Devan is the one in the intro who is suffering from cancer. And so she has temporary got no hair. 

08:33 AM Feb 10 2009 |

kukuka

kukuka

Ukraine

Guys, you are great! I can't imagine how mucht time you need to make those 2-minute video reels. Thank you!

06:51 AM Feb 10 2009 |

fastry

fastry

China

hey

I am puzzled at the last sentences.

what does " she didn't have any hair" mean in those sentences? Is it just the same to no hair in her head?

or else, is it the same to make something baseless up?

06:44 AM Feb 10 2009 |

tiffintime

tiffintime

Sri Lanka

he cannot play Scrabble ha ha

05:42 AM Feb 10 2009 |

zoebaby

zoebaby

China

it's kinda funny,there is a song where is about a girl got married after she had got a drunk….something like that,Jason got a girlfriend after he had got a coma,hehe, good luck!!! actually,i like Devon who is so cute…

05:06 AM Feb 10 2009 |

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