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Audio story: Waiting to see what the future holds

18/23
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So far, you have learned a variety of vocabulary about food, animals, clothing, entertainment, movies, music, and social media.

Put all this new vocabulary into practice by reading a true story.

Reading is the best way to learn English. I advise you to read aloud to learn vocabulary and grammar and improve a little more every day.

Text: Waiting to see what the future hold


Contributed by: Kevin Fiorentino.

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New vocabulary

  • Diaper.

    /ˈdaɪ.pɚ/. noun. A square of thick soft paper or cloth that is fastened around a baby’s bottom and between its legs to absorb its urine and solid waste.

  • Shelter.

    /ˈʃel.t̬ɚ/ noun. (a building designed to give) protection from bad weather, danger, or attack.

  • Pursue.

    /pɚˈsuː/ verb. To follow someone or something, usually to try to catch him, her, or it.

  • Affordable.

    /əˈfɔːr.də.bəl/ adjective. Not expensive.

  • Stunt.

    /stʌnt/ noun. An exciting action, usually in a movie, that is dangerous or appears dangerous and usually needs to be done by someone skilled

  • Holds.

    /hoʊld/ verb. If you say that the future holds something, you mean that that thing will happen.

it seems like those guys have like 20 days in the week they’ve done a lot

  • Diapers
  • Preschool, elementary middle, and high school.
  • They started looking into college opportunities.
  • She has always been into theater and performing arts.
  • He decided to move to speak effects and editing.
  • Known as a voice-over.
  • Filmmaker academies.
  • Music producer.
  • Professional singer.

Expresions that I learned:
They turned 16 …
Looking into…
Walk along…
They used…
Animal shelter…
Coming up…
To pursue…

Ellen, Sophie, Tyler, and Noah had been friends since they were in diapers.
They families knowing each other previously they boarn.
Everyone says they were insepareble because they studied together since perschool until high school.
After that they turn 16s years and they had taken the decision to take the same university since childhood.
Elle is the most organized person.
Sophie had experience about narration for a television show.
Tyler wanted to be a producer music.
Noah: wanted to be a professional singer.

At the end of the story they didn’t go to the same college and this makes get angry Noah.
After that they planned a talk with Noah where they explain reasons and they opened up with Noah, Noah dicided it’s OK due to she can’t took a decision for them. She really understood them.

All of them graduated they spent their last days in town together. They promised each other that even though they weren’t going to the same college, they were always going to be for each other, no matter the place or time.

Stunt: an exciting action, usually in a film, that is dangerous or appears dangerous and usually needs to be done by someone skilled.
Opened up: to be thuth.

Vocabulary:

  • Zumba classes, walk on a beach
  • organized, pllaned, excited, mad, betrayed, sincere
  • Theater, plays, movie theaters, set, performing arts, music festivals
  • Stunt, actress, filmmaker, music producer, solo singer, professional singer
In a really short summary: 4 friends around the same age were trying to find out what they wanted to do of their lives. All of them had passion for some art. They pictured themselves going to the same college, but at the end, they took separate ways.However, they promised to be for each other. Fall apart: to become disorganized and ineffective
**EXERCISE:** * solos * actress * filmmaker * music band * diaper * preschool * elementary * Middle school * high school * Zumba classes * future careers * university * graduation * scholarships * performing arts * sets * theater club * film * actors * stunt * movie stars * Special effects and editing * music * voice-over * filmmaker academies * school music band * music producer * Professional singer * music festivals
**Audio story: Waiting to see what the future holds.** Take notes on all the vocabulary you can hear about this module. \- Preschool, elementary, middle, and high school. \- College. \- Shelter. \- Scholarships. \- Performing arts. \- Theater club. \- Filmmaker academies. \- Professional singer. \- Music producer. \- Falling apart. \- Opened up.
New vocabulary * Diaper * Volunteered * Shelter * Pursue * Fearless * Letting * Deadline * Betrayed
preschool, high school Zumba classes binder whole life performing arts movie theaters dangerous scene support letter music producer professional singer music festival matter
  • diapers - pañales
  • shelter - refugio
  • sincwe little - desde pequeña
  • binder - folder
  • stunt - truco
  • fearless - valiente
  • betrayed - traicionada
  • falling apart

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Great story

Binder: a hard cover in which paper documents or magazines are stored:
Affordable: not expensive:
Stand-in: to do the job that another person was going to do or usually does,
betrayed: often by doing something harmful such as helping their enemies:

diapers
even
through
shelter
along
quite
career
binder
affordable
suggest
stunt
known
understood

NEW Vocabulary:

  • Diapers
  • Preschool
  • Elementary
  • College opportunities
  • Organized person
  • Smart and Collaborative
  • Theater and performing arts
  • Movie theaters
  • Directing part.
  • Stunt
  • Movie stars
  • Special effects and editing.
  • Scholarship
  • Volunteering
  • Fearless
  • Animal shelter.
  • Voice-over.
  • Betrayed

New expressions:

  • Have second thoughts: to change your opinion about something or start to doubt it:
  • On the other hand: in a way that is different from the first thing you mentioned.
  • Fall apart: to fail completely and be unable to continue in the usual way.
  • Open up: to start to talk more about yourself and your feelings.
  • Even though: despite the fact that.

New vocabulary:
Diapers
Shelter
Turned
Pursue
Binder
Affordable
Fearless
Background
Letting

I felt like a narrator while reading it out loud, which helps me to become more confident and attentive to the details of the story.

Vocabulary:

  • diapers
  • preschool
  • elementary
  • College opportunities
  • University
  • Organized person
  • Smart and Collaborative
  • Theater and performing arts
  • Movie theaters
  • Actress.
  • Directing part.
  • Stunt
  • Movie stars
  • Special effects and editing.
  • Background
  • Scholarship
  • Volunteering
  • Music festivals
  • Graduation

Vocabulary

  • preschool
  • elementary school
  • middle school
  • high school
  • college
  • university
  • actress
  • actors

It is very difficult to think like others because time does not pass in vain, people change, ideas change and plans are usually not the same.

The same thing happened to me when I was young, and when the decision comes, we don’t like reality because it hurts.

But it’s normal because all those plans were lost like tears in the rain; my friends made their lives, and I also made mine, and we continue to see each other and continue to be close friends.

  • Her friends opened up and started talking about their plans.
  • Ellen felt so betrayed and got mad at them because they never told her about it.
  • Everything was falling apart.
  • This out.
  • Ellen wasn’t mad at them anymore.
  • Diaper.
  • Pursue.
  • Planned out.
  • Quite some time.
  • Binder.
  • As if.
  • Second Thoughts.
  • Stunt.
  • Fearless.
  • Performe.
  • Betrayed.
  • Even though.
  • diaper
  • pursue
  • planned out
  • quite some time
  • binder
  • As if
  • Second Thoughts
  • stunt
  • fearless
  • Performe
  • betrayed
  • diapers
  • preschool
  • elementary
  • middle
  • high school
  • walk
    -college
  • careers
  • agreed
  • most organized
  • smart
  • colaborative
  • theater
  • performance art
  • actress
  • perform
    -used to
  • fearless
  • music
  • scholarships
  • betrayed
  • agreeing
  • diapers
  • through
  • shelter
  • pursue
  • binder
  • However
  • thoughts
  • suggest
  • fearless
  • lately
  • betrayed
  • agreeing