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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
龙纹身的女孩

Passive Voice

Date: Mar 14 2012

Themes: Alternative

Grammar: Passive Voice

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We all need to be alone sometimes. But wanting a little alone time doesn’t necessarily make you a lone wolf.

In The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a reporter and a hacker search for a missing girl who is definitely a lone wolf…that is, if she’s still alive. This thriller is a remake of the sensational Swedish movie that audiences loved almost as much as the novel both films are based on. Hear Jeff and Jason talk about the new film, and find out which of them is a lone wolf and which one is a social butterfly.

有时候,我们都需要独处。但是需要一点独处时间并不一定会让你成为喜欢单独行动的人。
在电影《龙纹身的女孩》中,一位记者和一位黑客共同搜寻一位失踪女孩,而她无疑是一个喜欢单独行动的人,尚不清楚她是否还活着。这部惊悚片翻拍自曾经轰动一时的瑞典电影,这两部电影都是根据深受读者喜爱的同名小说拍摄。听听杰夫和詹森谈论这部新片,找出他们谁是喜欢单独行动的人,而谁是喜欢社交的人。

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Jeff

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Jason

Jason

Jeff:  Have you ever been on the run before, Jason?

Jason:  No, but I think about it. I think about what I would do if I was on the run. How I would hide out, you know.

Jeff:  I just saw this movie, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Jason:  Oh yeah. It’s a great movie.

Jeff:  You’ve seen it?

Jason:  Yeah. It’s really cool. But yeah, the character in that movie, she does not want to be found. She’s sort of had a traumatic life and she just wants to be left alone. Her life’s turned her into a lone wolf. But it’s one of those things where you think, like, how would I do that? How would I hide out? But what’s a harder question to me to answer is how do you find someone like that.

Jeff:  Well, I can kind of identify with that. I’m kind of a lone wolf myself, too. I don’t know. It takes one to know one.

Jason:  Oh, OK. Well then maybe I’m not really a lone wolf, because I don’t know how I would find one if I had to track one down.

Jeff:  You’re a social butterfly. I can tell.

 

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Jason and Jeff both enjoyed the new film, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. This movie is based on a novel written by a Swedish author that was an international bestseller. There was already a movie based on this novel made in Sweden. Jason and Jeff liked the American version of the movie.

Jason says that the film made him wonder how he would find someone who was on the run or hiding out. Jeff thinks he would be good at tracking down someone who didn’t want to be found, because he is a lone wolf himself. He says that Jason seems more like a social butterfly.

Have you ever wanted to hide out and be left alone? Do you feel more like a lone wolf or a social butterfly?

 

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Crizsearch

Crizsearch

Indonesia

Nice Lesya….To be  alone and feel elone are different somehow.

03:59 PM Mar 16 2012 |

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tamago

tamago

Japan

I often want to hide out and be a lone wolf for four days or more in a week.
But Sometimes I feel like to be a social butterfly strongly in weekend .

08:20 PM Mar 15 2012 |

thach.EB

Cambodia

Both WORDS IS VERY GOOD FOR ME



01:51 PM Mar 15 2012 |

 julito

julito

Argentina

To be a lone wolf or a social butterfly ?  I am kind  in the middle , both are necessary  ,right now i am  a lone wolf  as  I am hiding out in my house  and at the same time I am a social butterfly  because  I am  getting in touch with my  EB´ friends.  I think that there´s  a creative lonliness  and  a lonliness  that is self-imposed   ,the latter  might be the result of disappoinment , frustration  and the like.Cry

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

Some of my colleagues have already watched the movie “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”. I need to see it as well.


To hide out to be  left alone? But, actually you will not be alone in your shelter. The loneliness will be beside you. Loneliness will look into your eyes without no words of support or understanding. Loneliness will oppress you. Don’t try to escape from yourself and don’t invite loneliness in your shelter.


Believe please, you will just not be able to stand “friend-loneliness” near you. You will run away as quickly as you can to the society. Loneliness will follow you as well anywhere you go, because it sits inside you. Society will  help you to suppress  the loneliness for a while, but it never eliminate it.


When you will realize  the loneliness is waking up again,  don’t feed it with meal it wants. Don’t support it. Do the same  things towards the loneliness. Kill the loneliness before it kill you.


Be above the ground and above the problems you have got.


Don’t roam as a lone wolf  try to rise up and fly as a  social butterfly.


I bet loneliness will not fly with you …........ it will keep on roaming beneath with broken wings.


 

Ahshan

Ahshan

China

lone wolf  ,social butterfly ,nice words

10:45 PM Mar 14 2012 |

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cheer manal

Morocco

There is a time when every one of us need to be on the run, as for me every so often i have to draw a fake smile on my face to pretend i´m just good,but deep down i´m very sad…here i think it´s worth being a lone wolf, because you can get rid of everything that makes you feel bad ,in addition you don´t have to strain yourself and pretend something you absolutely don´t feel.


apart from the mentioned situation i tend to be a social butterfly :)


the movie sounds good i´m going to watch it soon!!

10:12 PM Mar 14 2012 |

Gobsmacker

Germany

Yeah, I can definitely relate to that. I often think about hiding out somewhere where no one knows me, getting a new fake identity just so I can start afresh. I am not a real lone wolf nor a social butterfly. I have a small group of close people but sometimes I wish there were more or at least better friends.

08:12 PM Mar 14 2012 |

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Palestinian Territory, Occupied

I don’t know what the life means without voluntary work , as we know our lives contains many things make us thank God .


there are some silence unspeakable for me I feel a big enjoyment when I help other specially poor people ,there are many people need our feeling , some people deprived of food , some people deprived of smile , what we can do for them , we can do everything  if we have a big desire to change their  life .


sometimes I prefer to be alone , I realize after my sport injury what the health means ,Thank God for all blessing .

06:39 PM Mar 14 2012 |

monty10

monty10

Egypt

sometime i want to be alone but more times my character is social butterfly


 

06:11 PM Mar 14 2012 |

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Samanta25

Samanta25

Brazil

at 1° ... the movie is wonderfull, all them, I juts have seen tha swedich movies, and was that great …


To the word I look like a social butterfly, but in real I’m prefer be a lone wolf, doing my things and without need talk about I do to no one;

04:25 PM Mar 14 2012 |

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Crizsearch

Crizsearch

Indonesia

I’m not fully a social butterfly, but I love to work with people. To be there to help in need. But sometimes being a lone wolf is a need for me especially when I’m not in a good mood or thinking serious matter, at that very moment what I need to do is being alone with nature without any human beside me. Breezy wind makes my thought fresher.

vip1

vip1

Canada

My favorite game is to be on the run but in different way =)) . Sometimes we feel that we need to hide from anything in order to live in quietness and silence just to think about what we have done and to plan for the next coming days!!

On the other hand, being social always makes our lives meaningful


and enjoyable Smile

10:29 AM Mar 14 2012 |

KarenP

KarenP

China

Everyone is the lone wolf at times.

09:27 AM Mar 14 2012 |

sonrah

sonrah

Algeria

I’m definitely a social butterfly. I like beeing surrounded. Even when I don’t talk, feeling the presence of the people I love makes me feel good. but when I’m in a bad mood or I’m sad I generally need to stay on my own for a while.

08:01 AM Mar 14 2012 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

There should be socializing and some privacy as well. Socializing is health and very necessary for the happy life. Russian people used to be very getting-together people. We lived in community, visited each other often without invitation even if you’re alone, you’re always happy to see your friend and share sth with him/her. Good socializing includes to be social intelligent—to be polite, to smile, to be helpful, sympathizing and generous person… If to weigh what is more valuable to be alone or always socialize with somebody, I would go for a second option. I’m a chatter box by nature and sometimes looks like people want me to stop talking:) but I can’t stop. I stop when I see that our mutual conversation turns into a monolog then a moment of contemplating thoughts comes, “What have I done wrong? or What should I have done to avoid that situation”. Well, such moments are good for you too, but shouldn’t be for a long time, since you can’t be liked by everybody. If it’s so… all the people would be loving talking to you and only you and that’s  not possible.  So, let’s just talk and don’t think that we’ve done something wrong… :)

dkattleya

dkattleya

Indonesia

i am a social butterfly but in some cases i need to turn into a lone wolf, such as when i need to focus on the tasks from the work, when i have a difficult problem so i need to staty away from people and everything or when i just need to contemplate for self improvement :)

02:14 AM Mar 14 2012 |

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