Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
Tony Stark, aka the alter ego of Iron Man, is back! In the newest movie in this blockbuster trilogy, Stark is traumatized from a recent near-death experience, and he keeps having panic attacks. Meanwhile, he must face a powerful new enemy: the Mandarin.
Iron Man is an interesting superhero, because unlike Superman or Spiderman, he doesn’t actually have any special powers. It’s just the suit that Stark has built that makes him powerful. Some people like this aspect of the movie, because they feel it gives Iron Man more human qualities. Many people must agree, because the movie is doing great business at the box office!
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Mason: I’ve got to be honest, I’m not really keeping up with the movies that are supposed to come out this summer. But I am really excited for the new Iron Man.
Lily: Oh yeah, did you like the other movies a lot?
Mason: I did like the other ones. I thought the second one was a little bit weak.
Lily: Yeah.
Mason: But this looks like the dark Iron Man. It’s going to be more like the new Batman, where it’s moody, and Tony Stark gets kind of beat down and he has to fight his way back up, you know?
Lily: I’m glad. Because I saw the other ones, and it was a lot of Robert Downey Jr. in bronzer, with the weird mustache, and it didn’t really seem very superhero-y.
Mason: Well I’m pretty sure it’ll still be a lot of Robert Downey Jr. and the bronzer and the mustache.
Lily: Oh, okay.
Mason: The thing is, unlike a lot of superhero comics, with Iron Man, it’s really all about Tony Stark, and the character of this real guy, not so much his alter ego.
Lily: Yeah.
Mason: Cause that’s just a metal suit, whereas Tony Stark is awesome, in a jerky kind of way.
Lily: And did you read the comic books? Is that why you’re really into it?
Mason: You know, I didn’t read the comics. So I’m actually enjoying not knowing a whole lot of the backstory-
Lily: Cool.
Mason: And just being able to embrace how they present the movies, right? Cause they always change stuff in the movies.
Lily: That’s true.
Mason: And if you’re really that into it, you’re going to hate it.
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Discussion
Mason tells Lily that he’s not really paying attention to summer movies in general, but he’s very excited about Iron Man 3. He liked the other movies OK, but he’s particularly excited about the new one. He likes that this movie will show a dark side of Iron Man/Tony Stark.
Lily is glad that the new movie looks good, because she wasn’t that excited about the other ones. She felt like those movies were just about Robert Downey Jr. looking like a movie star.
Mason thinks what’s coolest about Iron Man is that it’s really about Tony Stark as a human being. He just happens to also be able to put on a suit and become a superhero.
Have you seen the Iron Man movies? What did you think? Who is your favorite superhero, and why?
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