Conversation
Anna: Hello! Halloween is very popular in the United States.
Anna: Children trick-or-treat. They ask people for candy. Children and adults wear costumes and go to parties!
Anna: In fact, there is a Halloween party tonight. I need my friend, Genie. Genie!
Anna: Hi!
Genie: Hi, Anna! What do you need?
Anna: Tonight, there is a Halloween party.
Genie: I love Halloween! Are you going?
Anna: I might go. I might not go. I don’t have a costume. Can you help me?
Genie: Dress as a genie!
Anna: Great idea! I can do a genie trick like read minds!
Genie: Anna, be careful. Things might go wrong.
Anna: What can go wrong?
Genie: Okay.
Anna: Hey, look! I’m a genie! This is going to be fun!
Genie: Remember, Anna. Be careful!
Anna: Don’t worry, Genie! I will!
Rebecca: Excuse me, are you really a mind reader?
Anna: I might be.
Rebecca: Okay, tell me what I am thinking.
Anna: Sure! First, what do you do?
Rebecca: I study. I'm a junior in college.
Anna: What do you study?
Rebecca: I study journalism.
Anna: Okay. Wait. You are thinking … you will graduate from college in about one year.
Rebecca: Well, yeah. That’s the plan. I told you, I’m a junior in college.
Anna: Right, um, wait. There’s more. You are thinking … you might get a job writing the news.
Rebecca: I MIGHT get a job writing the news? I MIGHT! That means I might not. And I'm studying really hard.
Anna: No, no, no, no. Uh, no, you will! You WILL get a job writing the news.
Rebecca: I will?
Anna: You will.
Rebecca: I will. I think.
Anna: 'Bye. Happy to help!
Kaveh: Can you really read minds?
Anna: I might.
Kaveh: Well, today, I will ask my girlfriend to marry me. What am I thinking?
Anna: Wait. Wait, you are thinking ... you might have a wedding very soon!
Kaveh: Might? MIGHT? She won’t say "no," will she?
Anna: No, no! She WILL say “yes”!
Kaveh: I will have a wedding, won’t I?
Anna: You will. You will!
Kaveh: Thanks. I think.
Anna: Good luck!
Anna: This is hard. Genie! Genie!
Genie: Anna, what’s wrong?
Anna: I don’t want to be a genie for Halloween. I might not go to the party.
Genie: Of course you will go. I have another costume for you!
Anna: I’m a rock star! You read my mind!
Genie: No. You told me you like rock music.
Anna: Oh, right. Well, I love it!
Genie: Have fun, Anna!
Anna: Thanks, Genie!!
Anna: I am ready for the Halloween party! But I am not going to
read minds. I might play some rock music! Or I might not. Until next
time …
New Words
candy - n. a sweet food made with sugar or chocolate
college - n. school that offers courses leading to a degree (such as a bachelor's degree or an associate's degree)
costume - n. the clothes that are worn by someone (such as an actor) who is trying to look like a different person or thing
dress - v. to put clothes on (yourself or someone else)
girlfriend - n. a woman with whom someone is having a romantic relationship
graduate - v. to earn a degree or diploma from a school, college, or university
Halloween - n. the night of October 31 when children dress up as ghosts, witches or monsters, and go to houses to ask for candy
journalism - n. the activity or job of collecting, writing, and editing news stories for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio
junior - n. US:a student in the third of four years in a high school or college
marry - v. to become the husband or wife of (someone)orto become joined with (someone) in marriage
might - modal. used to say that something is possible
mind - n. the part of a person that thinks, reasons, feels, and remembers
rock star - n. a person who plays a kind
of popular music with a strong beat that is played on instruments that
are made louder electronically
think - v. to form or have (a particular thought) in your mind
trick - n. something that causes confusion or that makes something seem different from what it actually is
trick-or-treat - expression. a custom on
Halloween in which children knock on people's doors and say “trick or
treat” when the doors are opened to ask for candy
wedding - n. a ceremony at which two people are married to each other
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