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Pop the Question English, baby! Video Lesson
求婚

Learn the Zero Conditional

Date: Aug 16 2011

Themes: Romance, Soap Opera

Grammar: Zero Conditional

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You can do it at a fancy restaurant or at home. You could do it on a bench or a mountain top.

Do what? Pop the question. Asking someone to marry you is an extremely important moment, and everyone has their own idea of the best proposal. But most agree that it should be romantic and it should be a surprise. Kneeling is usually a good idea.

Devan hopes her boyfriend Jason will ask her to marry him. Well, it looks like he got the hint. He just wants to get in some practice before he pops the question.

有一件事,你可以在别致的餐厅或者家中进行,也可以让海滩或者山顶见证这一时刻。
这件事情是什么?求婚!请求某人与你结婚是极其重要的时刻,每个人对此都有自己的与众不同的梦想。但是,大多数人都认为求婚应该充满浪漫和惊喜。
德凡希望她的男友詹森向她求婚。詹森对此似乎心领神会。他只是希望在求婚之前能进行一些彩排。

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Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Jeff

Jeff

Jason

Jason

Mason

Mason

Jeff:  Hey, Jason, I’m gonna take off. You want a ride?

Jason:  Uh, no, I’m good. I have some stuff to finish up.

Jeff:  Alright. Uh, see you tomorrow?

Jason:  Totally. Cool.

Jeff:  Alright man.

Jason:  See ya. Will you marry me? Will you marry me? Will you marry me? Will ya marry me? Will you marry me?

Mason:  Uh, dude, are you proposing to that chair?

Jason:  No, no, that’s ridiculous. I just dropped a contact. I’m looking for it.

Mason:  Contact, eh? You wear glasses. Were you…are you crying?

Jason:  No! I just got a little emotional thinking about Devan and our future and I got a little emotional, OK?

Mason:  Oh my God. You’re going to pop the question, aren’t you?

Jason:  Alright. You caught me. You caught me. I’m going to ask her to marry me. But you can’t tell anyone, OK?

Mason:  No, no, of course. But uh you can’t…I mean, that’s why you pop the question. It has to be a surprise, right? It’s totally more romantic if it’s a surprise. Right?

Jason:  Exactly.

Mason:  I get it.

Jason:  Good. So I can trust you?

Mason:  No problem, man. You can totally trust me. Now, dude!

 

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Jeff asks Jason if he would like a ride home from work. Jason says he still has more work to do and has to stay.

As soon as Jeff leaves, Jason kneels and begins asking his chair to marry him over and over. Mason walks in and asks him what he’s doing.

After fighting it for a moment, Jason admits that he is planning to pop the question. He is practicing asking Devan to marry him. Mason is very excited and promises to keep it a secret.

How should Jason pop the question to Devan? What is the best proposal you could imagine?

 

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hooverbastidas

Colombia

When you are trying to pop the question or trying to share something special with someone, just, do it from the heart. You´ll see that both the two will enjoy the love and passion feelings.Wink

07:51 PM Aug 16 2011 |

M.NOUR

M.NOUR

Sudan

in sudan pop  the question  or asking someone  for marriage will not  be in this way  ,, you  have come to her family first and then proposing her in their house or somewhere you agree it with little party   ,,but offcourse  you will  telll her before that you coming to ask her hand from her  father ,, so  the  best moment will  be  when tell  her that  you’re coming ,, that  will be  the surprise .

03:38 PM Aug 16 2011 |

Anthony Yuan

China

My sweetheart I hope I can company with you for the rest of you life, but the most important things is we should become a couple and I also want a baby, would you marry me baby…

03:37 PM Aug 16 2011 |

Successfulliving

Latvia

He could take her to somewhere where she have never been or where she would like to be- i really like the sea or somewhere in outside I think that proposing in restaurant is not romantic and it’s not interesting, I think that the proposal should be wery unexpected – the thing to remeber .

01:16 PM Aug 16 2011 |

Successfulliving

Latvia

He could take her to somewhere where whe have never been or where she would like to be- i really like the sea or somewhere in outside I think that proposing in restaurant is not romantic and it’s not interesting, I think that the proposal should be wery unexpected – the thing to remeber .

01:16 PM Aug 16 2011 |

Kotisha

Kotisha

Russian Federation

I think that proposal should be in a romantic form. I think that a man should kneel, give a ring as a present to his lover and say – WILL YOU MARRY ME??? The place doesn`t play a great role – it can be at the restaurant, at home or in the street. 

12:14 PM Aug 16 2011 |

free7soul

free7soul

Sudan

Sit him down and have a serious discussion with him before you decide to break it off or just stay friends. Tell him that you want to be married within a certain amount of time and ask him if he would consider that, then decide where to go from there. Ask him if there’s a reason he hasn’t proposed by now and maybe his reason is something you two can work on together. I hope for the best for you! I am in a similar situation and I understand how upsetting and frustrating it can be :)



11:49 AM Aug 16 2011 |

feri_1389

feri_1389

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

No matter how.The important thing is who is the proposer.Is he your love or not ;)

11:17 AM Aug 16 2011 |

jullieta86

Russian Federation

I remembered when my husband asked to marry him, he invited me to the bridge,then was kneeling, handed me the ring and made me proposal which I could not refuse)))))

10:36 AM Aug 16 2011 |

Pifagor

Pifagor

United States

Such a timid topic:)

05:24 AM Aug 16 2011 |

Torch

Torch

China

This kind of pop the question thing kinda reminds me of a scene in korean movie “the sassy girl” that the male walked down the stairs, and handed a rose to the female playing the piano. that’s unforgetable.

02:52 AM Aug 16 2011 |

isabel galindo

Colombia

quiero aprender   ingles


02:01 AM Aug 16 2011 |

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