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.
Have you ever done something and wished you could take it back? Last week, Devan told her boyfriend Jason to break a leg. Even though it’s an expression that means “good luck,” she feels bad because he actually broke his leg. She believes that if she hadn’t said that, he would not have hurt himself.
Watch as Devan tries to make it up to Jason by helping him while he’s hurt. Maybe some good will come of his accident.
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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Devan: Careful…There. Are you comfortable?
Jason: Yeah!
Devan: You look cold. You need a pillow. Or a blanket. Let me get you a blanket.
Jason: OK. I guess. I mean…It seems fine, but, you know.
Devan: No, no. You’re definitely cold.
Jason: Well, thank you!
Devan: Here. And you’re hungry too, I can tell. Here…
Jason: Well, I guess I wouldn’t mind a pistachio…
Devan: Here…
Jason: You don’t have to shell them for me…My arms are working fine!
Devan: I don’t want you to move any of your muscles. I just want you to relax.
Jason: Well, thank you.
Devan: You’re welcome. What else do you want? Do you need a magazine? Here! Here’s a magazine.
Jason: Oh.
Devan: And here are your reading glasses.
Jason: You don’t have to do all this for me.
Devan: Let me put these on for you.
Jason: This is too much. You’re being so sweet, you know, but you have things you have to do, don’t you? You can’t attend to me all day!
Devan: I do need to help you, because if I hadn’t said “break a leg,” then you wouldn’t have actually broken your leg.
Jason: That’s not true! That’s not what you meant when you said it!
Devan: I know, but I feel so bad. I’m going to go put some tea on for you, OK?
Jason: OK. Thank you.
Ella: Whoa!
Jason: Hey!
Ella: Somebody’s pampered. What’s going on?
Jason: Yeah! Well, you know, Devan’s been real sweet lately. I mean, we were fighting all the time, and if I hadn’t hurt my leg we probably would have kept fighting.
Ella: And if you hadn’t gotten amnesia you never would have started dating, so…
Jason: I guess I should get hurt more often.
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Discussion
Devan is being very nice and taking care of Jason after his accident. She is even feeding him nuts! When Devan leaves, Ella comes in and mentions that before Jason broke his leg, he and Devan weren’t doing well.
Jason doesn’t think it’s true that if Devan had not said “break a leg” he would have been OK. But he does think that if he hadn’t broken his leg, they would have kept fighting.
Ella points out that if Jason had not hurt his head a couple of years ago, he never would have gotten together with Devan at all. It appears good things happen to Jason’s relationship when bad things happen to his body!
If Jason hadn’t hurt himself, what would he and Devan’s relationship be like? Can you think of something you wish you hadn’t done? How would things have been different?
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