Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Earthquakes! Floods! Fires! It’s the end of the world as we know it! So, you better be prepared. Doomsday is scary to envision. The end of the world will probably be pretty ugly. We might run out of food or water. We might get very sick. Maybe, there will be a nuclear war. Maybe, there will be zombies. Many people believe if you are not prepared, you will not survive.
A prepper is a survivalist who thinks doomsday is coming soon. It might be tomorrow. There are many websites and television shows about preppers. Preppers spend a lot of money preparing for the end of the world. They stock up on canned food, water, and candles. A prepper might build a bunker in his backyard or basement. His neighbors will think he is crazy. Preppers might worry and overreact, but it can’t hurt to make friends with a prepper.
Listen as Marni tells Kelsey about how she is preparing for doomsday 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.
Marni: So, Kelsey, I just recently stocked up all of my canned food, and I feel like I’ve got at least a three-month supply. Just, you know, waiting. Just in case, you know. Doomsday, it’s like, right around the corner.
Kelsey: Oh, yeah? I mean, that’s cool. But do you really think it’s going to happen, like, soon?
Marni: Oh, I mean, it’s just so important to be prepared, just in case it does. I mean, I never envisioned myself a survivalist, but in these crazy times one can never be too prepared.
Kelsey: Yeah, I mean, I’m all for, like, having an earthquake kit and extra food in case of like, a natural disaster. But, I don’t know, like, don’t take this the wrong way, but I just think some people overreact and do way too much worrying about these problems that aren’t even here.
Marni: Well, sure. But, I mean, don’t you think it’s good to be prepared, just in case?
Kelsey: If doomsday’s going to come, and everything’s going to end, I don’t need food. I can just die.
Marni: You don’t want to survive? I mean, come on! Like, if you’ve got, you know, rations, you’re going to survive.
Kelsey: Sure, for a little while, but if it really is doomsday, then everyone’s just going to die.
Marni: Well, I’m not going to be dying. I’m going to be in my bunker. I’m going to be OK.
Kelsey: We’ll see how soon it comes.
Marni: Oh, we will.
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Discussion
Marni tells Kelsey that she has stocked up on canned food, and she is ready for doomsday. She thinks the end of the world is just around the corner. Kelsey isn’t quite so sure. Marni says she never envisioned herself as a survivalist but thinks that being prepared is a good idea.
Kelsey thinks that survivalists overreact. Kelsey also says that preparing for doomsday won’t do you any good. If it’s the end of the world, everyone is going to die anyway. Marni says that she is not planning on dying. She is going to be safe in her bunker with all her food rations.
Do you think doomsday is just around the corner? Do you have a survival plan in case of a natural disaster?
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