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Ella the Mind Reader

Date: Dec 29 2009

Themes: Romance, Soap Opera, Work

Grammar: Gerunds vs. Infinitives

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About a month ago, something strange happened to Ella. She had a dream of a glowing green light, and when she woke up, she could hear people’s thoughts!

Being a mind reader would be fun, right? Sometimes, yes, but other times you might hear things you don’t want to hear. Listen in on Mason’s thoughts with Ella and see why they might make her feel a little awkward as he cleans around her desk.

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Mason

Ella

Mason: Ella is looking smokin’ hot today! I will totally clean that desk!

Ella: Wow. Sweet.

Mason: Oh, hey, Ella. How’s it going?

Ella: It’s going pretty fabulous. How about you?

Mason: Yeah. It’s…It’s good. I’ll tidy things up real nice. So, you know, just gonna help tidy up a little bit.

Ella: Yeah. Thanks.

Mason: Keep the office nice and…

Ella: Yeah. I’ve been busy and haven’t had time to clean up around here.

Mason: ...spick-and-span. You know, maybe I should just get under your feet there. You mind scooting down a little bit?

Ella: Oh. OK.

Mason: Thanks. Look at those legs. Those are mighty fine. I bet she exercises, like, twice a day.

Ella: Oh, no. Oh, no. Stop looking at my legs! Stop looking at my legs!

Mason: So, how’s it been going?

Ella: Going good, you know, trying to keep profits going for the company here.

Mason: Uh huh. Her hair smells nice too.

Ella: What!? How close is he? I didn’t even shower today.

Mason: Why is she backing away? I’m trying to be nice and clean. I mean, she doesn’t know what I’m thinking. Or does she?

Ella: Don’t be awkward. Don’t be awkward. Don’t be too obvious. No. I can do all this myself, actually. Yeah.

Mason: You sure?

Ella: Yeah. I don’t mind. It’s OK. No.

Mason: I like to help out my lady friends. That’s how I roll.

Ella: But OK, you know.

Mason: Well, uh, talk to you later.

Ella: Yeah. Bye.

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Discussion

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Mason walks in to clean the office when he notices that Ella is looking good today. Since she can hear his thoughts, she’s flattered when he thinks that about her. But as he cleans around her desk, he continues think about how attracted to Ella he is, and it begins to make her feel uncomfortable.

Ella backs away from Mason and he wonders if she knows he likes her. If he only knew she could actually read his mind!

What would someone find if they read your mind?

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prashantjohn11

India

yeah, it's a nice lesson to read i want my girl friend to be a mind reader basically am a silent and shy kind of a guy in my school however i have learned to open up but only with the people who are very close i can be absolutely naughty with them…...........i always want to say so many things to her i just want to let her know how much she means to me but when i see her i just run out of words if she is a mind reader she could know what's going trough my mind right

max1983

Germany

very funny lesson, thanks englishbaby. I'm thinking about a film "what women want" automatically

Mason: Uh huh. Her hair smells nice too.

Ella: What!? How close is he? I didn’t even shower today.

Jonalexander7

Colombia

Really cool, Could you guys imagin how would be if people could read our thoughts…. that scares …..

Ca_Brazil

Brazil

Whoever, would be lost in my world…

s id

Saudi Arabia

maybe someone has ability to read people`s minds. Ella is one of them.

rosendo

Mexico

smokin' hot ella !!!!

Ridiom

Peru

Wow I love Ella..:)

csh1215

South Korea

I remember the movie " What women wants to do?".

This is similar theme today's title.

I want to be a mind reader.

san4

India

Its great to be a mind reader. If I can read another mind then I would help poor people & who are in tense.

Great lesson & I love the voice of Ella & Mason. Its great.

naderos

Morocco

Thanks Ella =)

MaLaTh

Saudi Arabia

imagine that someone can read my mind and my inner thouuts .. :$

meghazi

Algeria

hello ella thanks for your efforts and good advice

An Soo-hyun

South Korea

It is an unusual situation. I always try to know other's mind, especially for my wife. Sometimes, I think I ignored what my wife was saying. I must be careful. Keep in mind my closest friends always hurt me. It is a truth.

Recently, when I endeavor to catch my wife's mind little by little , we are happy. Try to get other's mind and you and your friend will be happy, too.

Eleniya

Russian Federation

Better not to be a mind reader, you may hear smth unpleasant for you… and of'course no one would like that his thought would be read by anyone…

Ahicg.1837

China

It's so interesting

fedorame

China

That would be terrible if some could read my mind. I dont want them to find my little secret.But if I had the ability of telepathy, I think that would be great!! lol

julywidiawati

Indonesia

Haha.. They will find all my gross thinks about guys!

Aris and Harris

Finland

our story

I‘m a Finland girl, employed herself in the research of Quantum Mechanics with a very succeed career when graduated from Harvard University. But, she was suffered from bad simple fatness with overweight by one hundred kilograms because of engorgement. So no boy can love her. Aris came back to the whistle stop Joensuu in 2006. This autumn she gambly saved a boy named Harris dropped from the cliff at Cori National Forest Park. Unfortunately, Aris badly pulled the right arm’s muscle and stayed for hospitalization. At the time of three months from maimed day, Harris loved valiant and virtuous Aris, and arranged to married with her. For the interest of dressing the beautiful wedding veil, Aris began to prepare for a project of weight reducing with avoirdupois declined gradually. However, she was suffered from the terminal fat cancer at this time. Aris maintained the program of weight reducing for responding to Harris’s love at the progress of anticancer therapy. She hopes to be a beautiful bride at the last time of life. The love maybe can create miracle. Aris succeed in weight reducing with avoirdupois reduced to 60 kilograms at eve of New Year’s Day of 2009. It is surprised that Aris became a sylphlike and beautiful girl and her troubled fat cancer also made a quick recovery against nature. The medicine expert of Helsinki presented that Aris’s troubled disease was induced by that the cancer cell attacked the fat cell. The remorseless exercise, burning-fat medication and absorbing-fat operation all caused a great deal of fat cell atrophy. Therefore, the cancer cell loses the carrier of adhesion. So the fat cancer recovered with no cure followed Aris’s succeed weight reducing.