Same mini story but first starting with the phrase one year ago.
One year ago there was a bad ass marine named Serin.
He had an intimate relationship with Julia Roberts.
They were very, very close.
Serin liked Julia but one day he decided she just wasn’t what he was looking for.
So he broke up with her.
Julia felt betrayed.
She said "how can you do this to me?
Why are you hurting me?
Please take me back."
But Serin wouldn’t budge.
He said "no I don’t want you Julia."
Julia couldn’t get past the break-up.
Every day she followed Serin.
Every day she called him.
At first, Serin turned a blind eye to her behavior.
But finally he couldn’t ignore it anymore.
He yelled at Julia and said "I won’t bow to this pressure.
I won’t take you back.
So leave me alone."
Julia asked "do you have another girlfriend."
And he said "yes I’m dating Hilary Clinton now.
She’s rich and very powerful."
Julia said "really?
Wow, I like her.
I’m going to vote for her.
I still feel a little uneasy but if you’re dating Hilary I guess it’s okay."
Julia smiled and walked away.
As she left she yelled "so is Bill free for dating?"
Okay our next version is going to start with the phrase since 2004.
Okay.
Alright.
There’s a bad ass marine named Serin.
Since 2004 he has had an intimate relationship with Julia Roberts.
They have been very, very close.
Serin has liked Julia this whole time but one day he finally decided she just wasn’t
what he was looking for.
So he broke up with Julia.
Julia felt betrayed.
She said "how can you do this to me?
Why are you hurting me?
Please take me back."
But Serin wouldn’t budge.
He said "no I don’t want you Julia."
Julia couldn’t get past the break-up.
Every day she followed Serin.
Every day she called him.
At first, Serin turned a blind eye to her behavior but finally he couldn’t ignore
it anymore.
He yelled at Julia and said "I won’t bow to this pressure.
I won’t take you back so leave me alone".
Julia asked "do you have another girlfriend."
And he said "yes I’m dating Hilary Clinton now.
She’s rich and very powerful.
" She said "really?
Wow, I like her.
I’m going to vote for her.
I still feel a little uneasy but if you’re dating Hilary I guess it’s okay."
Julia smiled and walked away.
As she left she yelled "so is Bill free for dating?"
Alright.
Our final version begins with the phrase "next year".
Next year this is going to hap- pen in the future.
I’m imagining this.
Here we go.
There’s a bad ass marine named Serin.
Next year he’ll have an intimate relationship with Julia Roberts.
They’ll be very close.
Serin will like Julia but one day he’ll decide she’s just not what he’s looking
for.
He’ll break-up with Julia.
Julia will feel betrayed.
She’ll say "how can you do this to me?
Why are you hurting me?
Please take me back."
But Serin isn’t going to budge.
He’s going to say "no I don’t want you Julia".
Julia won’t be able to get past the break-up.
Every day she’ll follow Serin.
Every day she’ll call him.
At first, Serin will turn a blind eye to her behavior but finally he won’t be able to
ignore it anymore.
He’ll yell at Julia and say "I won’t bow to this pressure.
I won’t take you back.
So leave me alone."
Julia will ask "do you have another girlfriend".
He’ll say "yes I’m dating Hilary Clinton now.
She’s rich and very powerful."
Julia will say "really?
Wow, I like her.
I’m going to vote for her.
I still feel a little uneasy but if you’re dating Hilary I guess it’s okay."
Julia will smile and walk away.
As she leaves, she’s going to yell "so is Bill free for dating?"
Alright.
And that’s our final version in the future.
Please go back now listen to each version and then pause.
Try to tell each version yourself out loud.
You don’t need to be perfect.
You don’t need to remember every word.
But try your best and try to use the correct form of the verbs.
Sometimes the vocabulary changes a little bit- listen for that.
If you can’t do it, if it’s too difficult, no problem-- just relax.
Listen to these versions many, many times.
Every day listen to it one time, two times, three times.
The next day again.
It takes some time, but if you do this every month, every day, for one month, two months,
six months, one year you will get a more natural feeling for English grammar.
Okay.
See ya next time.
Bye-bye.