Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
People like to make plans. But those plans don’t always work out. If you plan something, there’s always a chance you will have to call it off.
When you call something off, you cancel it. You can call off an event, like a party. “We had to call off the party at our house this weekend because of a family emergency.” You can also call off an agreement you have with someone. “The business partnership was no longer profitable, so she called it off.”
If something gets called off, it will not proceed any time soon. But just because you called something off in the past, doesn’t mean you can’t reschedule it. Jason has been stressed out lately. Find out what he plans to call off.
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: I’m having a really hard time finding a DJ that will accept my do-not-play list of only 2,000 songs.
Jason: I think we should call it off.
Devan: You know, I was thinking that too. Maybe we should just have, like, ballroom dancing. How much do you think it costs to order a string quartet? Oh, or what about a salsa band…
Jason: No, the whole thing. I think we should call it off.
Devan: No dancing at all? Then what are our guests going to do at our wedding? I guess we could get a karaoke machine.
Jason: The wedding, Devan. I want to call off the wedding. It’s completely over the top. We’re spending money we don’t have. I haven’t slept in days. I don’t want to hurt your feelings. I love you, and I still want to marry you. But I think we should call it off and just start over.
Devan: Are you insane? We already hired a caterer. We already hired a minister…
Jason: Well, the minister is just Dale.
Devan: I don’t care! It is way too late to call this thing off. Way too late. I don’t care if you die of a heart attack. I will marry your corpse and walk down that aisle with your dead body, because this is my special day, and I’m a princess, and no one’s going to ruin it, especially not you!
Jason: Yeah, see, this is what I’m talking about. This is not a good way to start our lives together. That’s why I think we should just call it off for now and start over.
Devan: I’ll start you over!
Jason: See, that doesn’t even make sense.
Devan: I cannot believe this is happening. Alright. We’ll call it off. We’ll call the whole thing off. We’ll call this relationship off.
Jason: You’re overreacting.
Devan: No. You’re overreacting. You can’t even handle a little bit of cold feet? You think that planning a wedding is hard? What’s going to happen when we’re married and we try to buy a home together or we try to have kids together? This is good. No, this is good. Because now I know you can’t handle the tiniest of things.
Jason: Wait!
Mason: Well, that was exciting, huh? So, what do you think, guys? I mean, will Jason and Devan get over this fight and still get married? What about Dale? Is he gonna get his act together and stop gaining so much weight? I guess you’ll have to keep learning English to find out.
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Discussion
While Devan talks about music options, Jason realizes he has had enough wedding planning. He wants to call it off.
At first, Devan thinks he’s talking about the music. But then Jason makes it clear that he wants to call off the entire wedding. She gets very upset. She says it is too late to call off the wedding. Jason says she’s overreacting.
But then Devan realizes that maybe this is good. If Jason can’t handle cold feet, how can he handle being a husband? She puts her ring back in his hand and runs off.
Will Jason get his act together and marry Devan? Have you ever had to call something off?
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There’s a saying wich had slipped my mind, but I’ll try my best to paraphrase it. “If you see a couple eating each other’s head off, and you can’t help them; just leave them alone” If you try to be a “Judge Judy” and interfere … what is the golden rule Julito? yeah… Mind your business!! |
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well snoopy , is not that bad, you´re on the way to become a philosopher |
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that’s a very comforting comment, I have very low standards… but for some reason I can’t seem to click with any girl for so long. ): (singing, & sobing) ”, Lonely I’m so lonely, I have nobody, to call my own… lonely , I am so lonely “
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wow! this sentence makes me want to crawl back into my mother’s womb. I’m scarred of women now…. are they all the same. Mommy, mommy |
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Butta, I came up with a definition that fits in well . Devan now has turn into a devanzilla. |
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