Can You Keep A Secret?

Intro

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• step up
• click
• down
• simpatico

• are you kidding me
• stealth
• score some points
• gross

• eat you up
• check out

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Imagine that the person you have a crush on can hear all of your thoughts. Yes, all of them. Now imagine that person doesn’t like you back. All your thoughts about how good-looking and great your crush is would only make things more awkward between you.

Sound ridiculous? Maybe, but that’s exactly what’s happening in today’s episode of As The World Learns. Ella has the ability to read minds. And even though she tries to push Mason away and Jason suggested that maybe she doesn’t like him, Mason doesn’t get it and continues to pursue her. See what happens when she reads his mind and finds how her rejection is making him feel.

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Dialog

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

Mason

Ella

Mason:  Oh, hey, Ella, what’s happenin’?

Ella:  Not much. Just got back from the bathroom.

Mason:  What is up with those shoes? Are you kidding me? Those are like ninja shoes. Those are crazy, mad, stealth! What? Totally scored some points with that one.

Ella:  Thanks. Gross! Mason is checking me out. I should probably wear a trash bag to work. I’m glad you’re really into shoes. I didn’t know you were so passionate about them.

Mason:  Um…I mean, yeah…I read Manolo’s shoe blog and, you know, stuff. Do you like shoes? Huh. OK. Not having the effect that I wanted, so I gotta step up my game. I’m getting a little worried. The window is closing.

Ella:  That was really funny, though. It just takes a while for jokes to click in my head, you know. Whoa, shoes!

Mason:  I mean, like, why did you say that, like, right now? I just…That was just kind of weird. I mean, I thought…

Ella:  Didn’t you say something about…

Mason:  I didn’t say anything then. No. I was thinking…

Ella:  OK.

Mason:  ...some stuff.

Ella:  OK. So I have a confession. So, you gotta promise me you’re not gonna say anything to anyone else.

Mason:  You kiddin’. I’m down. I’m diz-own. I’m cool. I mean, we’re simpatico.

Ella:  I was working in the office late one night because Devan told me to, and I went…

Mason:  You should whisper it in my ear.

Ella:  Personal bubble. Thanks. Ah, so…I was working and I think I was abducted by aliens because I can hear everything you’re thinking right now. Even…Yeah, right now.

Mason:  Right now?

Ella:  Exactly what you’re…Yeah. That’s inappropriate.

Mason:  OK, so…

Ella:  Yeah, I’m…

Mason:  I mean, like everything?

Ella:  Yeah. It’s kind of been going on for a couple of weeks, so anything you’ve ever thought about me, you know, within about a twenty foot range, I can hear. So…I didn’t want to tell anyone and freak them out, but I just thought you should know because, you know, I just want to be able to confide in someone because it’s just been eating me up, you know?

Mason:  We are so bonded right now.

Ella:  Um-hm.

Mason:  I’ve never felt closer to you. I trust you with my thoughts.

Ella:  Thank you.

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