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Learn Contractions and Abbreviations

Date: Aug 15 2011

Themes: Friend

Grammar: Contractions and Abbreviations

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Did you hear what John said about what Brad said to Jennifer about what Bill did to Tom? No? Sounds like you need to catch up on your gossip.

Gossip is talk or rumors about other people. Sometimes it’s harmless, but when it’s mean or untrue it can hurt people’s feelings or cause conflicts.

Some people only like to dish about people they know, but others are interested in celebrity gossip, or stories published in tabloids about famous people’s lives. Hear Jason and Ella gossip about gossip.

你是否听约翰说起布拉德对珍妮弗说过的比尔对汤姆的所作所为?没有吗?看起来你需要及时更新身边这些八卦闲话的内容了。
闲话是有关他人的谈论或谣言。有时闲话没什么害处,但当它们低劣或失真时就会伤害到人们的感情,或者引发冲突。
有些人只喜欢说与熟人有关的闲话,而有些人则喜欢谈论社会名流,或是对小报上刊登的名人生活感兴趣。请听詹森和艾拉有关闲话的谈论。

Dialog

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Jason

Jason

Ella

Ella

Jason:  I’ve seen you reading some gossip magazines lately.

Ella:  Yeah, so?

Jason:  Is that a subject of interest for you?

Ella:  It’s entertaining. It’s like official gossip since it’s in print. You know, everyone knows them, so…

Jason:  Oh, OK.

Ella:  That’s why it’s OK to gossip in this manner.

Jason:  But it’s not OK to gossip if everyone doesn’t know the person that’s being gossiped about?

Ella:  I guess gossip in general, it just depends on how malicious the rumor is, and also how juicy the details are of that rumor.

Jason:  Do you think it’s more likely to be true if it has juicy details attached to it?

Ella:  I don’t know, I feel like it’s less likely to be true because of the juicy details. But it makes it definitely more interesting and you definitely want to spread it.

Jason:  Have you ever known someone or had your own reputation damaged by gossip?

Ella:  I’m not gonna lie, I definitely spread a lot of rumors when I was younger. But I saw the repercussions of that, and so even though I partake in gossip I’ve decided that anything I say behind someone’s back I have to be willing to say to their face.

Jason:  Oh, wow, OK.

Ella:  And so, that’s kind of my approach to gossip now.

Jason:  I kind of enjoyed it. There were a lot of rumors about me and some of my friends in high school.

Ella:  Like what?

Jason:  Um, one of my friends was rumored to have been in a street fight in Japan.

Ella:  Sometimes when you hear rumors about yourself you just want to keep it going because it’s interesting.

Jason:  Exactly, we thought it was fun. We were like, yeah, let’s let these people believe these hilarious and untrue things.

 

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Discussion

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Ella likes to read about celebrity gossip in the tabloids. She thinks it’s OK to follow gossip about celebrities because they have public lives and everybody knows who they are.

Jason asks Ella if she gossips about people who are not famous, too. She says it depends on how malicious the rumor is. She doesn’t like to spread mean gossip. She used to gossip more when she was younger, but now she won’t say anything behind someone’s back that she wouldn’t say to that person’s face.

People used to spread rumors about Jason and his friends in high school. But he didn’t mind it. In fact, he and his friends thought the rumors were funny. They liked to hear wild gossip about themselves.

Do you like to gossip? Has anyone ever spread a rumor about you? Do you pay attention to celebrity gossip?

 

Comments

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surgo_yasso

Saudi Arabia

gossip is saying everything about nothing

08:15 PM Aug 15 2011 |

alzhbeta

alzhbeta

Belarus

I often became onlooker of some rumors and understand one thing. when you gossip about someone, you always retail it in your profitable way… so, your audience get originally wrong information. that’s why it’s bad.


 and if you really respect people and want to be respected you wouldn’t talk about them with anybody.

08:13 PM Aug 15 2011 |

Ryo

Ryo

Saudi Arabia

When I hear  some  speak  about  otthers   
 I feel  they are   foolish 
and  talk    meaningless so  i would to change the topic or stay  with  music   

08:04 PM Aug 15 2011 |

hossein.007

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

hi candycandi you very beautiful `ok .thank you .how weather in sweden my id:   ::h_2000_b@yahoo.com  iwait for your mail.thanks

05:44 PM Aug 15 2011 |

hossein.007

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

i likeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee gossip.veryyyyyyyyyy thanks. my id:h_2000_b@yahoo.comKiss

05:34 PM Aug 15 2011 |

hossein.007

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

my id:h_2000_b@yahoo.com and i nationality iran and want travel to englestan and my speak english worst please guide me thank you my id in up righting.thanks and i like to gossip

05:28 PM Aug 15 2011 |

Ryo

Ryo

Saudi Arabia

i usaully talk    in thire  face   because i cant  keep   but sometimes  i    i tought weather if the thing would  hurt  or    even tought if hurt i  say  it if necssary 

04:54 PM Aug 15 2011 |

4EVER

4EVER

United Arab Emirates

it’s a bad habit but actually we always do it..sometimes we need to do that..when we can’t say what we want to say in thier people face..if it’s up to me,when any one want to talk about me, she /he should to do that in my face,and i will accept it..

04:51 PM Aug 15 2011 |

yamen2010

yamen2010

Syrian Arab Republic

I dont like who say gossip about me… who do that he is not my friend at all, and i should face him and stop him..


However saying gossip is not good behavior…and the soulation is to fill his spare time in benifit things…. 


 

03:03 PM Aug 15 2011 |

meere

meere

Oman

I hate to talk behaind others backs coz i realise how that hurts specially from friends or close people


further more its one of islam rules not to talk a bout others badly only with good things ^^


Thanx cool lesson

01:28 PM Aug 15 2011 |

ocaptain

ocaptain

Turkey

only coward people like gossip ;) everybody has bad habits & nobody is perfect, if anyone who can tell my mistakes to my face is a good friend for me, because he is a honest person, then i can realise my bad habits because of him… ;)

01:13 PM Aug 15 2011 |

Bojana

Bojana

Serbia and Montenegro

I think everyone likes to gossip, for at least a bit! I like to gossip when it’s harmless, when it doesn’t hurt anyone’s feelings. I mostly gossip about celebrities, though, there is always something juicy about them! I don’t think anyone has spread some rumors about me, or gossiped about me….. :)

12:52 PM Aug 15 2011 |

Svetlana_B

Svetlana_B

Russian Federation

Sometimes gossip is harmless and it is impossible always to avoid it. People communicate to each other and spread gossips unconsciously although they can call it differently. People can say that they share information but it may hurt the person whom that information relates to. Nobody knows. Yes, I pay attention to celebrity gossips, because it is almost always a fun to know news about famous people and discuss it. But I admit that listening to gossips and spread them is not good and ethical.

12:49 PM Aug 15 2011 |

free7soul

free7soul

Sudan

Tongue out i chase the rumor and investigate in it … to know the truth of gossiped and who the person that’s being gossiped about …......... coz many rumor untrue 

12:35 PM Aug 15 2011 |

Pifagor

Pifagor

United States

I say about people  only that things which i can say to them in private talking.

12:34 PM Aug 15 2011 |

abdulhameed 1988

Saudi Arabia

gossip is bad habit in all people,in islam is not allowed at all,who use gossip is envious people…

12:01 PM Aug 15 2011 |

abdulhameed 1988

Saudi Arabia

thanks my deer very nice and useful dialoge


 

11:57 AM Aug 15 2011 |

M.NOUR

M.NOUR

Sudan

infact i don’t like saying  or spreading  gossip because sometimes i may  hurt someone and also because i can’t accept  it  to myself how can  i do it ?? 


but also  sometime it’s  very  funny and does’t hurt and  just  for chatting with  you friends ,,,lolZ

11:51 AM Aug 15 2011 |

lolekesh

lolekesh

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

between muslims it’s a really bad thing.We don’t like gossip.

10:57 AM Aug 15 2011 |

wwongsapun

wwongsapun

Thailand

No, I don’t like gossip.

10:39 AM Aug 15 2011 |

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