Learn English in this lesson about 'Gut Feeling'

Intro

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• hunch
• gut feeling
• instinct
• narrate

• chiseled
• investigator
• case the joint
• screwball

• antics
• insubordination

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Do you ever just know something? You can’t explain how or why, but you are sure that you are right. Perhaps, you have a hunch that it is going to rain, even though there isn’t a cloud in the sky. Or maybe, you meet someone and know right away that you are going to be friends. Feelings like these are hard to explain, but they are also very common. In fact, they are so common that there is a word for them: a gut feeling.

A gut feeling is an instinct or intuition. Your gut is another word for your stomach, so a gut feeling is something you feel in your stomach or chest. Don’t confuse this with a stomachache! A gut feeling does not have anything to do with being sick. You may not have any logical reason for a gut feeling, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore it. Sometimes, gut feelings can save a person’s life! For example, maybe, you had a hunch that you should not get on a certain train, then found out later that the train had crashed. Your intuition warned you about the danger. However, sometimes, a gut feeling does not pay off, and our instincts are wrong.

Watch the video to see if Andy’s gut feeling pays off in this episode.

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Dialog

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

Sheila

Jordin

Kelsey

Andy_H

Dominique

Sheila:  Hey, everyone. I’ve got a gut feeling this must be Andy’s dream.

Jordin:  Yup. Your instincts are correct.

Kelsey:  So, what do we do now, Andy?

Andy_H:  Here, read this. In my dream, you were narrating.

Kelsey:  I’m narrating your dream?

Andy_H:  Correct.

Kelsey:  OK, here we go. Andy, a chiseled, handsome investigator…

Jordin:  Do your dreams often begin with women saying how handsome you are?

Sheila:  They should…

Kelsey:  Moving on a bit… Andy is sitting in a Monterey. He is on a case. His partner, a beautiful, intelligent, young… moving on a bit… sits next to him. The two have been on the case for a long time. They have been casing the joint for several days and nights. Waiting, but waiting for what? What are we going to…?

Andy_H:  Actually, Sheila says that part.

Jordin:  Andy, I like your dream and all, but what am I doing here?

Andy_H:  You’re right, if we are going to recreate this dream, we should do it right. OK. Jordin, you’re undercover. Sheila and I are staking out the building. And Dominique…

Dominique:  What’s going on here?

Andy_H:  You’re the police captain that doesn’t have patience for my screwball antics and insubordination.

Dominique:  Sounds good.

Andy_H:  OK, everybody ready? Here we go.

Sheila:  What are we doing here? It’s been two days, nothing’s happened.

Andy_H:  I’ve got a gut feeling… something’s going to happen soon.

Sheila:  Well, your instincts are usually right, but if they’re not, the captain’s not going to like this.

Andy_H:  My hunches are never wrong. Jordin should be back to report soon, we’ll see what she says.

Kelsey:  And so our heroes wait. Sheila tries to find patience while Andy secretly worries that, maybe, just maybe, his hunch is not correct this time….

 

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