Learn Adjectives

Intro

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• leading role
• cuddly
• whimsical
• edge

• cartoon
• diverse
• once in a blue moon
• make

• smurf
• cameo

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Hidden deep in a forest is a family of tiny blue people three apples high called the Smurfs. They live in mushrooms and like to sing. Most Americans learned about them in very popular cartoon show in the ‘80s, but Smurfs first appeared in a Belgian comic in the ‘50s.

Recently, a small group of Smurfs accidentally traveled to New York. This is the subject of a new 3D movie. The group of Smurfs is actually quite diverse. There’s a Scottish Smurf, a Mexican Smurf, and Smurfette, the only female Smurf, who is played by Katy Perry. The Smurfs visit a young family who comes to learn how much like the Smurfs’ village our world really is.

Listen to Jason and Amy talk about how a movie this fun only comes along once in a blue moon.

Dialog

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

Jason

Amy

Jason:  One of my favorite actors is finally in a full-length movie.

Amy:  Which one?

Jason:  Neil Patrick Harris.

Amy:  Yeah. He’s great.

Jason:  I love him in How I Met Your Mother.

Amy:  He’s so funny.

Jason:  Oh, man. He makes that show, he really does. He did a cameo in Harold & Kumar, but…

Amy:  Right. He was funny in that, too.

Jason:  But it was great to finally see him in a leading role...

Amy:  In The Smurfs!

Jason:  Yeah, surrounded by little blue creatures.

Amy:  Oh my gosh, how cute are the Smurfs? I loved them as a kid and I’m pretty delighted by the fact that they’ve made this new movie about them.

Jason:  Yeah, they look so good too. I mean they just look so cuddly and real. You just want them to arrive at your house as well, you know?

Amy:  Totally. I love just how sort of whimsical the whole idea is. But is there like an edge to the movie? I haven’t seen it.

Jason:  A little bit of an edge. You can’t have Neil Patrick Harris and not have that, but it’s definitely a kids’ movie. My favorite thing is that the word “smurf” can kind of mean anything and that’s the source of a lot of humor. It’s a verb. It’s a noun. You can just put it in, like, “I smurfed this lesson!” It can just mean anything at any time.

Amy:  That’s fun. It is kind of a fun word. So much about the Smurfs is just silly and fun.

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