Learn English with English, baby!

Join for FREE!

Social_nav_masthead_logged_in
 
Stakeout

Stakeout English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Mar 17 2009

Themes: Soap Opera

Grammar: Simple Past Tense

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

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

Remember when Mason and Marni met their new friends Dale and Ella? That was a fun night. But wasn’t it weird how Dale kept asking about crimes and drugs?

And did you notice how, when Ella met Jason and Devan, she patted them down on the arms?

Have you figured out what’s going on? Dale and Ella are undercover police officers! They’ve come to save Beren, who is still being held captive by her evil twin in the basement.

Watch as they sit outside Beren’s building on stakeout, waiting to follow her.

3. Watch - Watch the video without reading the dialog.

Dialog

1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.

Log in to Listen

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

Ella

Ella

Dale

Dale

Ella:  Man, headquarters is gonna love what we got.

Dale:  I know. I know. Don’t you enjoy stakeouts?

Ella:  Best part is the coffee.

Dale:  Twenty hours. Twenty hours…You know what? I gotta say that you did a great job last night.

Ella:  It was all you. They have no idea.

Dale:  I don’t think…Do you think that they know that we’re cops?

Ella:  No. Come on. We could take up acting. We should.

Dale:  I think I’m a pretty good actor.

Ella:  Seriously.

Dale:  I wonder if Hollywood is hiring?

Ella:  Yeah. And it was so easy to get drunk with them.

Dale:  I know. I think that they were really friendly. I think they want friends. I think they need friends.

Ella:  They need us.

Dale:  They need us.

Ella:  Us.

Dale:  You know, that’s why they were so opening…open to us. I wonder when Beren’s gonna come out? ‘Cause I need to tail this girl.

Ella:  How long have we been on here? I can’t even…

Dale:  Twenty hours. I’ve been counting about twenty hours and thirty-five minutes. Around there.

Ella:  Jeez. So what are you doing tonight?

Dale:  Lots of studying. My file, Mason.

Ella:  What have you got so far?

Dale:  Yeah. Apparently his favorite movie is Ghostbusters. I have to at least be his best friend and remember. Did you ever watch that movie?

Ella:  I’m not really into it. I’m gonna keep us focused. I’m gonna research their blood types.

Dale:  He likes comic books. How old is this guy?

Ella:  What is happening?

Dale:  I don’t know. I don’t want to know…You don’t want to know what’s in this file. Lots to do. Lots to learn. Got lots to do tonight.

 

Grammar Point

Go Super to learn "Simple Past Tense" from this lesson Go Super!

Quizzes

Go Super to take Quiz Go Super!

 

Lesson MP3

Go Super to download full lesson MP3 Go Super!

The iTEP® test

  • Schedule an iTEP® test and take the official English Practice Test.

    Take Now >

Discussion

Since Dale and Ella are cops investigating Beren’s kidnapping, they sit outside of her building waiting for her to walk out. They’ve been there for 20 hours but they don’t mind because they have coffee.

They get to talking about how they’ve tricked Mason and Marni into being their friends. Dale even has a file about Mason that tells him what his favorite movie is and other ways to be his friend. Both agree they’ve been doing a good job of acting and that Mason and Marni have no idea that they’re cops.

Have you ever had to fool someone or pretend to be someone else? How did it go?

 

Comments

Log in to Comment

huongd

Viet Nam

their looks so nice guys how can they fool Mason & Marni not good cops at allWink

02:13 AM Mar 18 2009 |

maryfrommars

Ukraine

good lesson) ii`ve pretended another person several times,but it was during telephone conversations with people,whom i didn`t know at all.But it was cool and interesting)

09:38 PM Mar 17 2009 |

ins

ins

Georgia

it's nice lesson. nice?Laughing

05:42 PM Mar 17 2009 |

ins

ins

Georgia

it's nice lesson. nice?Laughing

05:42 PM Mar 17 2009 |

SÉRGIO

SÉRGIO

Brazil

What a strange situation!! Where is Beren??

02:52 PM Mar 17 2009 |

miffoo

miffoo

Slovakia

cool lesson :)

01:41 PM Mar 17 2009 |

Cool_Lucky

Cool_Lucky

Ukraine

Btw I agree with Athan,our world has a lot of bad guys,who more tricky than these two cops!So be care ppl!!!

01:09 PM Mar 17 2009 |

Cool_Lucky

Cool_Lucky

Ukraine

Little part of big history with drugs and cops:)Smile

01:00 PM Mar 17 2009 |

Athan

Athan

China

I haven't had this experience,but I think a lot of ebaby fans are tricked by Dale and Ella,we really didn't expect that they are cops.Anyway,Mason and other guy are lucky that they are not tricked by some bad guys.It's a lesson for us to make friends carefullly,open is good sometimes but not always right.

12:47 PM Mar 17 2009 |

SAMER ALHOMSI

Syrian Arab Republic

great

10:13 AM Mar 17 2009 |

sofree

sofree

China

Well, occasionally, it works, but I never did it in bad will.

I didn't follow the story, waiting for a new one.

09:45 AM Mar 17 2009 |

I LOVE 萍

China

Dear

     I love you. I'll never forget those joyfull days we spent together .I want stay with you forever.

09:20 AM Mar 17 2009 |

Vla-di-mir

Vla-di-mir

Russian Federation

well

07:47 AM Mar 17 2009 |

Benjamin Elizondo

Mexico

Nice lesson, and answering the question i haven't had the need to pretend to be  someone else. But if i ever have to do it , it would't go right  because I'm  a bad liarCool.

01:45 AM Mar 17 2009 |

Likes (32):

See all >

Share this lesson:

  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Bebo
  • Share on Myspace
  • Share on Twitter
  • Email this to a friend
  • Share on Sina

Post Ebaby! lessons on your blog:

Ebaby! Cast