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Learn with HEROES
In this section, we analyze parts of the TV show script to learn and understand the use of daily English language.
Read the passages and try to understand them. Then, read the vocabulary explanation. Finally, read the passage again.
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From the episode 'Don't look back'
NATHAN: Whoa, whoa. Easy, buddy.
PETER: Where am I?
NATHAN: You're in a hospital.
PETER: What happened?
NATHAN: You don't remember?
PETER: No.
NATHAN: You jumped, Pete.
PETER: Jumped?
NATHAN: Yes, off the roof of a 15-story building. You tried to kill yourself. You were a little wound up yesterday. But I thought you were just being you.
PETER: What are you talking about? I didn't... I didn't try to kill myself... You were in the alley below. I jumped, and then... you flew.
NATHAN: I what?
PETER: You flew up and you caught me.
NATHAN: You jumped, Peter. 25 feet to a fire escape. I climbed up and carried you down. That's what happened. The rest is just crazy talk. Do you understand?
PETER: Where am I?
NATHAN: You're in a hospital.
PETER: What happened?
NATHAN: You don't remember?
PETER: No.
NATHAN: You jumped, Pete.
PETER: Jumped?
NATHAN: Yes, off the roof of a 15-story building. You tried to kill yourself. You were a little wound up yesterday. But I thought you were just being you.
PETER: What are you talking about? I didn't... I didn't try to kill myself... You were in the alley below. I jumped, and then... you flew.
NATHAN: I what?
PETER: You flew up and you caught me.
NATHAN: You jumped, Peter. 25 feet to a fire escape. I climbed up and carried you down. That's what happened. The rest is just crazy talk. Do you understand?
| whoa | Interjección que se usa para pedirle a alguien que se calme o para mostrar que se está sorprendido ante algo. Equivale al español 'oye!' o directamente, 'espera!'. |
| buddy | En inglés americano significa amigo, compinche. Easy, buddy es una expresión escuchada con frecuencia en películas y series de TV, y significa 'Con calma, amigo'. |
| roof | techo, tejado. El techo de una casa pero del lado de adentro, se dice ceiling. |
| 15-story | de 15 pisos |
| to be wound up | estar loco, pasado |
| alley | callejón |
| to fly | volar. Las formas del pasado son flew, flown. |
| 25 feet | 25 pies. Equivale a 7m 60cm. Para aprender a convertir las medidas, ver Measures. |
| to climb up | trepar, subir |
| to carry somebody down | bajar a alguien |
| crazy talk | habladurías, tonterías |
SHERIFF: Girls, this isn't a criminal investigation. Nobody here is in any kind of
trouble. Quite the contrary! There just happens to be a very grateful man
lying in the hospital who would like to thank one of you for saving his life yesterday.
FIREMAN: I've never seen anyone so reluctant to be called a hero.
PRINCIPAL: You're sure it was one of our cheerleaders?
FIREMAN: The uniform said Union Wells High. I'd have to say it was her on the end.
PRINCIPAL: That's Claire Bennett.
SHERIFF: Claire, where did you go yesterday after cheerleading practice?
CLAIRE: I, er...
JACKIE: It wasn't her. It was me. I was taking a shortcut home from school, and I saw the wreckage of the train and I just had to help.
PRINCIPAL: Why didn't you say something?
JACKIE: I guess I didn't want all the attention, you know? That's not why I did it.
FIREMAN: Well, on behalf of the Odessa Fire Department, I'd like to congratulate you as an honorary firefighter.
FIREMAN: I've never seen anyone so reluctant to be called a hero.
PRINCIPAL: You're sure it was one of our cheerleaders?
FIREMAN: The uniform said Union Wells High. I'd have to say it was her on the end.
PRINCIPAL: That's Claire Bennett.
SHERIFF: Claire, where did you go yesterday after cheerleading practice?
CLAIRE: I, er...
JACKIE: It wasn't her. It was me. I was taking a shortcut home from school, and I saw the wreckage of the train and I just had to help.
PRINCIPAL: Why didn't you say something?
JACKIE: I guess I didn't want all the attention, you know? That's not why I did it.
FIREMAN: Well, on behalf of the Odessa Fire Department, I'd like to congratulate you as an honorary firefighter.
| to be in trouble | estar en problemas |
| quite the contrary | todo lo contrario |
| grateful | agradecido |
| to lie | yacer, encontrarse, estar acostado. No debe confundirse con lay. Para aprender más, ver Lay or lie? |
| reluctant | reacio |
| cheerleader | animador(a), porrista |
| shortcut | atajo |
| wreckage | restos, ruinas |
| on behalf of | en nombre de |
| to congratulate | felicitar |
| firefighter | bombero |
MICAH: What if I don't want to go on vacation?
NIKI: You don't have a choice. You have to.
MICAH: Why are we doing this, Mom? Why won't you just tell me what's going on?
NIKI: I wish that I could, baby. But you are just gonna have to trust me, okay? Now go in and pack up your stuff, I have to take care of something in the garage.
MICAH: Mom, what happened to our house?
NIKI: Micah, you're just gonna have to trust me, okay? Now go in and grab some stuff. Go!
NIKI: You don't have a choice. You have to.
MICAH: Why are we doing this, Mom? Why won't you just tell me what's going on?
NIKI: I wish that I could, baby. But you are just gonna have to trust me, okay? Now go in and pack up your stuff, I have to take care of something in the garage.
MICAH: Mom, what happened to our house?
NIKI: Micah, you're just gonna have to trust me, okay? Now go in and grab some stuff. Go!
| to go on vacation | irse de vacaciones, en inglés americano. En inglés británico, se dice to go on holidays. |
| to have a choice | tener opción |
| what's going on | qué sucede |
| I wish that I could | ojalá pudiera |
| gonna | Forma coloquial de going to (ir a) |
| to trust somebody | confiar en alguien |
| to go in | entrar |
| to pack up | recoger |
| to take care of something | ocuparse de algo |
| to grab | tomar, agarrar |
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