source: Dương Thu Thuỷ / Pearson Education, INC 2015年3月3日
* social language: agree to lend something; describe reading material
* grammar: noun clauses
# video script
(Over lunch in the care, Paul and Marie argue
about newspapers.)
Paul:
Look at this. The paper says that a tornado carried a woman for 33 miles, and
she lived to tell about it.
Marie:
I’m not sure if you know this, but that story isn’t true.
Paul:
It’s in the paper. It must be true.
Marie:
That paper is trash. I can’t believe you’re reading it.
Paul:
What do you mean?
Marie:
It’s fiction, not news. Nothing in there is true. If you want real news, you
have to read this paper.
Paul:
That paper is boring. This one’s much more interesting.
Marie:
“Woman Gives Birth to Cow!” “Man Builds House from Bread!” “Baby with Two
Heads!” Come one. This is offensive.
Paul:
“Storm Kills 100 in Texas.” “Train Accident Kills Five, Injures More.” “Man
Kills Wife and Son.” I’m sorry, but all that death and destruction is pretty offensive
to me.
Marie:
I know that these things happened. And I know that those didn’t.
Paul:
You don’t know that. You just assume that it’s true.
Marie:
Let’s ask Bob and Mr. Evans what paper they read. Never mind. Let’s just read.
Paul: That sounds
good to me. Look at this! “A Man with Four Legs!”