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.
The year is about to end. What better time to turn over a new leaf?
When you turn over a new leaf, you make a change in your life. Ella turned over a new leaf a few weeks ago. She used to slack at work, but now she is focused on her job.
Turning over a new leaf can change the way people see you very quickly. See what happens to Ella at work today.
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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Marni: Everyone, I need your attention! Stop what you’re doing! You may notice I have an award in my hand. And this is the Employee of the Year award. 2010 is coming to a close, and this year’s recipient is…Ella!
Jason: What?
Ella: What? No way! Oh my God!
Marni: Congratulations!
Ella: Oh my God, you guys, I don’t even know what to say! I wanna thank my hairstylist, who kinda kept this going, so that I could stay focused on my work, my manicurist, my aesthetician…
Marni: Well, you’ve really turned over a new leaf, in a big way. And you are so deserving of that award, so.
Ella: I’ve totally turned a new leaf. I mean, I’m completely different. I’ve transformed!
Marni: Congratulations, Ella!
Jason: What do you mean she’s turned over a new leaf? What are you talking about?
Marni: She really stepped up her game! She became a really model employee!
Jason: I mean, she turned over a new leaf recently, you know, in the last two weeks, but for the fifty previous weeks of the year she was a wreck!
Jeff: You have no idea what’s going on here.
Marni: Well, all I know is that she has become a very hard worker, and that is the sort of thing I want to encourage around here. So, you better step up your game, because that award could be yours.
Jason: We can’t turn over a new leaf, because we’re already doing well!
Marni: She’s very deserving of this award, and I’m happy to give it to her. So if you two have a problem with it, too bad.
Ella: Why are you guys being such jerks? I’ve worked so hard in the past, like, 100 hours, that you don’t even know how much of my life has changed. I’ve lost, like, 3 pounds working harder. This is, like, an amazing moment in my life. Like, what’s the deal? You should be happy for me.
Jeff: Happy for you? Ha! We may be together, but…come on, who do you think I am?
Ella: Jeff-y-pooh, come on! I never won an award before.
Jeff: “Jeff-y-pooh?” Not right now.
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Discussion
Marni announces that Ella is the employee of the year and this upsets Jason and Jeff. She explains that over the last few weeks, Ella has become an ideal employee. She has changed a lot and deserves the award.
Jason doesn’t think that just because Ella turned over a new leaf, she deserves to be employee of the year. The winner of the award should be a good employee all year to deserve it.
Ella, who is dating Jeff, wants him to be happy for her, but he is frustrated and won’t let her call him by a cute nickname. Do you think Ella deserved the award? Would you be upset if you were Jason or Jeff? Have you ever turned over a new leaf?
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