Sunday, 10 January 2010

ESL Podcast 339 – Star-crossed Lovers

http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=4754771


Audio Index:
Slow dialog: 1:35
Explanations: 3:10
Fast dialog: 14:04

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Romeo: What do you plan to do?

Juliette: I don't know! I can't defy my parents. They've been against our relationship from the start, and I've been forbidden to see you.

Romeo: It's your life, not theirs. It's time you stood up to them and told them what you want. I'm tired of being a puppet in the feud between your family and mine.

Juliette: That's easy to say, but I can't confront my father and tell him that I want to be with you. It would kill him!

Romeo: No, it won't. He's using guilt to get you to give me up. Don't let him manipulate you that way.

Juliette: This is tearing me apart. I can't take it much longer.

Romeo: You won't have to. I'm leaving—without you.

Juliette: No! You can't. I can't live without you.

Romeo: Someday, we'll be together...Cut! Where is the director? This is supposed to be the story about star-crossed lovers, not a trashy melodrama. Whoever wrote this trash should be fired!

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- to defy : not to do what you're expected / supposed to do
- to stand up to sb: to confront sb, to fight for your believe
- to be puppet : a little doll for child to play -> sb who is controlled by sb else
- feud : long fight or argument between two people
- to tear sb apart : to hurt sb emotionally, can not decide what to do
- trashy : not much value, without value

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Thanks,
Duy Lam

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