So Long, Neverland

Intro

1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.

• make-believe
• pressure
• escape
• sprawling

• cease and desist order
• fall from grace
• wacko
• indulgence

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Neverland, Michael Jackson’s sprawling ranch of make-believe, may be going bye bye. Last week, police ordered Michael Jackson to close down the ranch because he did not have insurance for his employees.

Listen to Taylor and I talk about MJ and his Neverland ranch.

Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Dave

Taylor

Dave:  The other day the police came up to Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch in California and gave him, like, a cease and desist order. He has to close the ranch down because he hasn’t paid his employees for so many days, and he doesn’t have the proper insurance.

Taylor:  That’s not really surprising. Isn’t he currently out of the country, anyway? Probably just wants to leave all that behind.

Dave:  Right, yeah. He’s, talk about a star who’s, kind of, fallen from grace.

Taylor:  Right.

Dave:  Um, it was so great, in the ‘80s, you know. But after Bad came out, he just became strange. You know, the “Wacko Jacko.”

Taylor:  Right, Um, I did like that song Scream of his, from the History album, you know, with the video with his sister. Ah, that’s too bad about Mikey.

Dave:  Yeah, what’s happened to him? Neverland, it’s supposed to be this real fantasy, you know, place of indulgence. It’s got the go-karts, zoo, the theme park.

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