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.
Last week’s soap opera ended on a cliffhanger. Dale and Ella were in hot pursuit of Beren when Marni and Mason saw Dale and Ella, thought they were acting strangely, and began following them!
One by one, they went into Beren’s building, but Marni and Mason were locked out of where Dale and Ella had gone…down into Evil Beren’s basement hideout!
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.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Dale: Man, it’s hot down here. I’ll leave my coat upstairs.
Ella: Oh man, I’m cold. I think we’re hot on her trail.
Dale: Let’s turn and see.
Ella: Come on.
Dale: Wow.
Ella: What is this?
Dale: Man.
Ella: Smells God awful down here.
Ella: Look!
Dale: Woah! There’s a chair!
Ella: It’s empty though. We just missed her. The chair, it’s still warm.
Dale: The water, it’s still cold.
Ella: We’re close!
Dale: We’re very close.
Beren: I’ll be quiet. I’m sorry.
Dale: It looks like we lost her.
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Discussion
When Dale and Ella get into the basement, they find a warm chair and cold water, evidence that Beren has just left.
They don’t realize that Evil Beren is just around the corner, keeping Beren quiet. She says she’ll kill her if she makes any noise.
Dale and Ella give up and leave the basement. Later, Evil Beren calls them and tells them that if they meet her and give her some money and plane tickets, she’ll let her sister go without hurting her.
In the movie Airheads, one of the characters famously asks the police for a football helmet full of cottage cheese as one of his demands to release some hostages. If you were a criminal negotiating with the police, what your demands be?
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