Dialogue
A: Really, gentlemen, you can’t take me to jail! Don’t you know who I am? Kris Kringle, you know, Papa Noel, Pere Noel, Babbo Natale, sheng dan lao ren!
B: Yeah, Yeah, we’ve heard that one before, haven’t we Joe?
C: Yeah, last week we booked this guy who claimed to be the tooth fairy! Can you believe that?
A: It’s Christmas Eve and I have all these Presents to deliver! Where is your Christmas spirit? What will happen when all the children wake up tomorrow and don’t find
any gifts in their stockings?
B: Sorry buddy, you were parked in a no-parking zone, you were speeding, and you have no ID!
C: Besides that, even if we let you go now, your sleigh has been impounded and those reindeer were taken to the city zoo.
A: What! This is unbelievable! What’s this world coming to? Christmas is ruined!
C: What’s that up ahead? It looks like… elves!! Elves!! Whoa, they’re shooting candy canes! Mayday, Mayday, we are under heavy attack! We need backup!
Explain
Key Vocabulary
take someone to jail — phrase take someone who is arrested to a place where other criminals are kept
book — verb arrest (informal)
claim — verb say something is true when some people say it may not be true
stocking —common noun, singular large sock; traditionally, Christmas gifts are put inside on the Christmas Eve
speed — verb drive faster than legal speed limit
impound — verb held by the police
ruined — Adjective damaged or destroyed
reindeer — common noun, non variable large deer that lives in the north part of the globe
elf — common noun, singular small creature (in stories) that have pointed ears and magic powers
candy cane —common noun, plural a stick-shaped candy with red and white curves on the top
under heavy —phrase being attacked or hurt
backup —common noun, non variable help
Example
ruined
Voice: Example one.
A: It‘s been raining for five days. Our vacation is ruined.
Voice: Example two.
B: Look at this hole! You’ve ruined my favorite pair of jeans.
Voice: Example three.
C: Sam, you‘ve been caught steeling from the company, your chances for a promotion are ruined.
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claim to
Voice: Example one.
A: Daniel claimed to be the son of a Government Minister, but later we found out that he was lying.
Voice: Example two.
B: The criminals claimed to have a gun!
Voice: Example three.
C: This man here, he’s claiming to know your father
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under heavy
Voice: Example one.
A: We‘re under heavy attack!
Voice: Example two.
B: We’re under heavy fire!
Voice: Example three.
C: The Prime Minister is under heavy security
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