Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
X-Men fans around the world are waiting for the newest and seventh movie in the popular franchise to start showing in theaters this Friday. Fan favorites such as Wolverine, Professor X, Storm, and Mystique are all back, and actor Peter Dinklage from Game of Thrones is joining the movie to play “the bad guy,” Bolivar Trask. If this movie is anything like the others, it will be non-stop, action-packed fun!
The best part of all X-Men movies is, of course, the mutations that give the X-Men special powers. For example, Wolverine heals quickly, Professor X knows what others are thinking, Storm can change the weather, and Mystique can change her shape. We’ve all thought about what powers we would want if we could have them, and X-Men movies help us imagine what life would really be like if we did.
Gary and Brian are both big fans of the X-Men. Find out what they think of the newest movie in today’s English lesson.
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.
Brian: Hey, Gary. Have you seen all of the X-Men movies?
Gary: Twice.
Brian: And are you going to see Days of Future Past?
Gary: Twice. Yeah, I am. You?
Brian: Yeah, I’m actually a really big fan of the series. And it looks action-packed. They haven’t shown a lot of footage, but I’m pretty excited. The costumes look pretty fun.
Gary: The variety of mutations that they are putting in there. All the different characters in the new film, the Days of Future Past… how many characters are we going to see in this? How many powers are we going to see in this?
Brian: I’m pretty excited, but I’m a little afraid it’s going to turn out like X3, where I thought the franchise ran its course. And they tried to put in so many characters that there was no character development.
Gary: You mean the non-stop fight that was the entire third act?
Brian: Yes, just bridge-moving and people fighting for no reason?
Gary: Yeah, yeah. That had run its course. I was done with it five minutes into the fight.
Brian: I’m pretty excited, though, because there’s a lot of variety, and I love Peter Dinklage.
Gary: How could you not?
Brian: All right. Want to go together?
Gary: I’m with you.
Brian: All right. It’s a man date.
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Discussion
Brian’s very excited about the new X-Men movie that’s coming to theaters in a week. Gary’s seen all of the X-Men movies two times already, and he plans to see this one more than once, too. They’re both interested to see how this movie has been made. It’s obvious that they’re hoping and expecting it to be good.
The two agree that the newest X-Men movie is going to have a lot of characters with a lot of powers. Maybe too many! But the actor Peter Dinklage will be in this film, and both Gary and Brian think he’s great. They decide to go together on what Brian calls a “man date.”
Do you enjoy the X-Men movies? Will you see Days of Future Past? What do you think will happen?
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