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How to Use Modal Verbs

Date: Nov 02 2011

Grammar: Modal Verbs

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Ryan Gosling seems to be the new It guy. He’s been in a ton of movies lately (most recently, Crazy Stupid Love), and they’ve all been getting rave reviews. It probably doesn’t hurt that he’s nice to look at.

Even Mason has fallen for Gosling. He recently saw Gosling’s newest movie, Drive, about a Hollywood stunt man who leads a secret life as a criminal. Hear Mason and Marni talk about the movie, and about their own alter egos.

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Mason

Marni

Mason: I just saw this really interesting movie called Drive.

Marni: Oh, does it star Ryan Gosling?

Mason: Yeah. So first of all, he’s great. You can watch him in anything. But this was a really weird film, and kind of something different for him. So he plays this driver who doesn’t have a name, he’s just…in the whole film, he’s just The Driver.

Marni: The Driver. OK.

Mason: And he’s a mechanic, and he does some stunt driving for Hollywood, but he’s also, like, you can hire him to be your getaway driver.

Marni: Oh.

Mason: But, you know, it raises some interesting questions about, like, is this guy a good guy or a bad guy? He moonlights doing this one thing, and he tries to be a respectable person doing this other thing.

Marni: So he has a sort of dual nature, he has an alter ego.

Mason: He’s got a secret life.

Marni: Secret life, OK.

Mason: He’s kinda like Batman, but without the cape.

Marni: So have you ever had a secret life?

Mason: In my 20s I felt like I was moonlighting plenty. I’d party hard at night and then go to work in the morning. But I certainly wasn’t doing anything overtly illegal.

Marni: That is good.

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Discussion

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Drive is a new movie starring Ryan Gosling. It is about a Hollywood stunt man who leads a secret life as a getaway car driver. He tries to be a good person, but he moonlights as a criminal.

Mason saw Drive and found it very interesting. He thinks Ryan Gosling is a good actor. He also enjoyed the premise about a guy with a secret, criminal life who is trying to be a better person.

Marni asks Mason if he has ever had a secret life. Mason says he felt like he had a secret life when he was a little bit younger. He would stay out partying all night, and then have to act like a respectable professional at work the next day. But he’s never had a secret life as a criminal.

Have you ever had a secret life? Do you like to drive?

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Hazhar m m

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Bruce_zhou

China

This is first time to hear that about the new movie which made in hollywood,it comes to drive,i like driving very much ,if my memory not at fault ,i got the drive lience at 3 years ago ,actually ,i have been driving for 10 years ,got drive lience before ,i driving without lience,so everytime , i always worry about that and afraid was catched by traffic police,i think driving is important part of my life,i drive almost every day,because my office far away from my home, so i have to drive by myself every day to go to work.i like driving ,but i don’t like driving on the way before work time,almost met the traffic jam every day,either go to work or back home, so i hate driving at that time,even slower that walk some time.

alhgag

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

infact i don’t master driving but i like truck driving about secret life i know every body has a special life but not every thing wanna do it deem secret life live your life guys.
have a nice day!

vallerina160

Poland

Greetings from Poland for drivers in all the world :)

Nkjones19

United States

I think I love my secret life with my computer. yes It’s enjoy and fun like driving, and i am proud of you. If i have to do any my job because I’m loving it at McDonald’s.