Learn the second conditional

Intro

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• appeal
• far-fetched
• break out
• loyalty

• on the edge of my seat
• clear one's name
• take into one's own hands
• thriller

• play it safe
• plot

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Prison break movies are almost guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat. Think of The Fugitive. There is just something thrilling about watching someone fight to clear his name while running from the cops. But it’s also an old formula that can easily seem cliche.

The Next Three Days puts a new twist on an old standard by having a husband break his wife out of jail. She’s been convicted of murder and all the evidence suggests that she is guilty, but he still believes in her innocence. Finally he decides to take justice into his own hands. Find out if Amy or Beren has ever gone that far for love.

Dialog

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Beren

Amy

Beren:  Do you know anything about that movie, The Next Three Days with Russel Crowe?

Amy:  It looks great, are you kidding? It looks like such a great thriller.

Beren:  It looks great? What’s the plot? Like, I’m so confused.

Amy:  Well, it’s a man whose wife is convicted of a murder, but she, you know, she swears she didn’t do it, and of course he believes her. They try to appeal and do everything they can to get her off but when all else fails, Russel Crowe decides to break his woman out of jail.

Beren:  That is like the craziest thing I have ever heard. I mean, I guess it’s not that far-fetched really, ‘cause people do crazy things for love.

Amy:  Well, the thing is you hear of people breaking out of jail, but not breaking into jail to break someone else out. That kinda adds a new twist.

Beren:  Yeah, totally.

Amy:  That shows more than a normal amount of loyalty and crazy love for your partner, to risk your own life and everything, breaking them out of jail. It’s kind of romantic. Would you do that?

Beren:  Maybe. Probably not, actually. I don’t know, I haven’t done very many crazy things for love. Have you?

Amy:  I guess I kinda play it safe when it comes to love, but if someone broke me out of jail, then that would really win my heart.

Beren:  Totally! Yeah, that’d be a keeper for sure.

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