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.
Even good people try to get away with certain things. They might speed when driving or borrow office supplies from work. It’s not a big deal.
Well, at least until they get busted! Suddenly the police show up and give you a ticket. Or your boss yells at you when her pen falls out of your bag.
When you get busted, you get caught doing something you shouldn’t be doing. However, if you’re talking about an object that’s busted, that means it’s broken. When you get busted doing something bad, you can think of it as your reputation getting broken.
See who gets busted for what at the office 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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Jason: Hey, Marni.
Marni: Yeah?
Jason: Can you think of a word that rhymes with “adorable”?
Marni: Hmm. “Horrible”?
Jason: It needs to be a little romantic.
Marni: What exactly are you working on over there?
Jason: It’s that report for that uh…important client, you know, that we have.
Marni: Can I take a look at it?
Jason: It’s just a rough draft. I don’t think it’s quite ready.
Marni: Let me see that.
Jason: No!
Marni: This is not a report for a client.
Jason: What are you talking about?
Marni: This is clearly a love letter to your wife, Devan. You are so busted.
Jason: No, this is totally for the client. We just have to woo them a little.
Marni: Uh-huh. Let me read that. “To my beautiful wife on our two-month-aversary…” Jason, you are so busted.
Jason: OK, you got me. I shouldn’t be doing this at work. Can you forgive me?
Marni: Yes, I can forgive you. But I don’t know if Devan will. I mean, that’s a pretty bad poem.
Jason: It’s that bad?
Marni: Yeah. Here, let me take a look at it. Yeah, this whole first verse has got to go. Hand me an eraser.
Jason: I don’t have one. Check Dale’s desk over there.
Marni: OK. What is all this? Man, Dale can be such a slob.
Jason: What is it?
Marni: Oh my gosh. These are love letters to Dale.
Jason: From whom?
Marni: From Vanessa.
Jason: Mason’s girlfriend?
Marni: Yeah.
Jason: Busted.
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Discussion
Marni discovers that Jason is writing a love poem for his wife at work. He is totally busted. She’s not angry with him, but she is worried that the poem is so bad that his wife might be. She decides to help him.
While looking for an eraser, Marni finds some love letters in Dale’s desk drawer. They are from Mason’s girlfriend, Vanessa! Jason and Marni don’t know what to do with this terrible discovery. The just look at one another and say, “busted.”
“Busted” can be an adjective, as in, “Vanessa got busted.” It can also be a verb, as in, “Marni busted Jason writing poetry.”
Have you ever gotten busted doing something you shouldn’t be doing? Have you ever busted someone else?
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