Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
For superstitious people, Friday the 13th is the scariest day of the year. Some people believe that whenever the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday, it’s an unlucky day. This year there are two Friday the 13ths. The first one happened last month, and this Friday will be the next one.
Friday the 13th is also the name of a classic slasher movie that has recently been remade. In the original film, a young boy, Jason Voorhees, drowns in a lake while he’s away at summer camp. His mother takes her revenge by killing all the camp counselors and then Jason comes back to kill people for 13 more movies. Ella and Marni both love slasher films. Listen to them talk about Friday the 13th, the new movie and the day.
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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Ella: Oh my gosh. I love scary movies.
Marni: Me too. I can’t get enough of them.
Ella: Have you seen Friday the 13th?
Marni: Now are you talking about the original or the remake?
Ella: Um, I think the one that just came out.
Marni: Yes, it is a remake actually of the original. But the first one at Camp Silver Creek, I mean, I loved it, and it was totally terrifying, and it really started this whole genre.
Ella: Of slasher films?
Marni: Slasher films, and you know, Jason Voorhees, and you would just think of that hockey mask and be terrified. You never looked at a hockey mask the same!
Ella: Yeah! Well isn’t he supposed to be dead, didn’t he drown at the camp?
Marni: The whole premise is that he was a boy who drowned at the camp, and everybody… his mom felt like he should’ve been saved. I mean, ‘cause in the original, the mother was actually the villain.
Ella: Oh, well that’s different. You don’t expect that.
Marni: Yeah…Does Friday the 13th freak you out? Are you superstitious?
Ella: I don’t know, I haven’t had anything bad happen to me yet, but I was extra cautious.
Marni: I always feel that way too. But I definitely know that people…some people…I have friends that are terribly superstitious and they won’t even leave the house.
Ella: Yeah, and they watch for the black cats.
Marni: Exactly, don’t walk under a ladder…
Ella: Don’t break a mirror…
Marni: All those things.
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Discussion
Ella and Marni talk about the classic slasher film, Friday the 13th, which has just been remade. The earlier Friday the 13th films forever changed the way people looked at hockey masks, because the killer in the film wears one.
Neither Ella nor Marni are very superstitious. However, they still think it’s a good idea to be extra careful on Friday the 13th. Marni knows some people who are extremely superstitious. They get scared on Friday the 13th and they also follow other superstitions. For example, they try to avoid black cats, they don’t walk under ladders, and they try not to break any mirrors.
Are you superstitious or do you know someone who’s superstitious? What are some superstitions in your country?
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