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Get Over Someone
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Get Over Someone English, baby! Video Lesson
忘记某人

Present Perfect Progressive

Date: Apr 17 2012

Themes: Romance, Soap Opera

Grammar: Present Perfect Tense

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Breaking up is hard to do, but moving on is even harder. After you break up with someone, you have to get over them before you can love again. When you get over someone, you stop having feelings for them.

Sometimes, you never get to have the person you loved. This can make getting over them even harder. When you love someone who doesn’t love you back, eventually you have to try to get over them and find someone else to love.

After months and years of trying to get Ella to love him, it seems that Mason has finally gotten over her. He has a new girlfriend. But Ella isn’t so sure that Mason has really gotten over her. Find out why.

分手是困难的,然而忘记更加困难。与某人分手后,在你可以再爱之前,你必须要忘记此人。当你忘记一个人时,意味着你不再爱此人。
有时,你会永远得不到所爱之人。这使得忘记更加困难。当你爱上一个不爱你的人时,你最终要尝试忘记此人,然后寻找其他人相爱。
长久以来,梅森曾尝试让艾拉爱上自己,但一番努力过后,他最后似乎忘记了她。他有了一位新女友。但是艾拉并不太确信梅森真的忘记了自己。请找出原因。

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Marni

Marni

Dale

Dale

Ella

Ella

Marni:  OK, guys, for this next project, I think we’re gonna bring in Mason. I mean, I know he’s just the janitor, but he’s had a lot of good ideas lately.

Dale:  Yeah, you know, that’s true. Ever since he’s been dating that new girl, guy’s been on fire.

Marni:  Dale, you are the one who’s on fire. I mean, look at you. You look amazing.

Dale:  Thanks. You know, ever since I faced the music, I really got over my weight problem.

Ella:  Back to the topic at hand. Marni, we cannot have Mason on this project. No, absolutely not.

Marni:  Why not?

Ella:  Because he’s in love with me!

Marni:  Uh, actually, I think he’s over you.

Ella:  What? What do you mean he’s gotten over me? When did he get over me? How did he get over me?

Dale:  Um, the hottie?

Ella:  There are so many hot people in the world. One person can’t do that. I mean, we don’t even know if she really exists.

Marni:  Ella, I’m sure it’s very hard for you to imagine men getting over you because you’re so beautiful, and you’re so charming. But I think in this case it was very hard for him, but I think he finally just let go.

Dale:  And you know, the best way to get over somebody is to date somebody else.

Ella:  Those are both great theories, guys. But this is probably just another ploy. You know, to pretend to get over me to get with me.

Marni:  She does have a point there.

Dale:  You know, Mason has done some crazy things to get with Ella…

Marni:  OK. Mason is off the project, but I really do think he’s over you.

Ella:  Really?

Dale:  Yeah.

 

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Marni says that she wants Mason to work on a project with Dale and Ella. But Ella doesn’t think this is a good idea because Mason is in love with her.

Dale and Marni point out that Mason doesn’t seem to be in love with Ella anymore. It appears he has gotten over her. He has a new girlfriend.

But Ella isn’t convinced. She thinks Mason is just trying to make her jealous. What do you think?

Have you ever had to get over someone? How did you do it?

 

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

It also depends on how far and where they take their craziness. I know I have a pint of crazy blood streaming through me somewhere :)


And sometimes some crazy people can grow on you. It’s just a matter of patience and perfect understanding.

06:13 PM Apr 17 2012 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

Snoopyboy, they’re unique and need to be understood. If you crack it. It’s lots of fun. It depends of course, how crazy a man is :)))

06:08 PM Apr 17 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

...But crazy men aren’t fun. : )

06:05 PM Apr 17 2012 |

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ola33

ola33

Japan

Time is also a great healer, and I can’t help mentioning French Foriegn Legion, that means a bootcamp or just simply to get busy with something, but somebody got to help you. Another person i mean. Not necessarily to fall in love with him/her, just a friend to help you control your feelings if there’s definitely a big Fat No to your former lovebird. Cry

06:04 PM Apr 17 2012 |

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

I would agree with that Ola33 ... when “both” love each other. one thing I hate is to play the blame game, well luckily, in my situation ,the culprit didn’t plead”not guilty”. Maybe what she did what just another issue we could have surmounted, but we called it quits instead. And for a while we kept in touch, not dating, but more like the friends we were before we commited.( without the perks)


:)

05:56 PM Apr 17 2012 |

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ola33

ola33

Japan

Ryo, when I have a good customer i say, Fairy Tales happens and they are more than twice a year ;)

05:56 PM Apr 17 2012 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

I mean that  both sides are to blame . There isn’t such a thing one is innocent and and another is a villain. That means that the relationship didn’t work or bogged down by bordome or something else. So when somebody tells she’s bad, she’s that and that, I think in this case that there’s no smoke without fire.


If you want her to stay, you’ll do everything. If you want her to leave, she’ll leave. When two peole love each other it’s one self—one person.


Snoopyboy, I can’t help saying that you’re a beautiful writer. What good is good!!!


 

05:42 PM Apr 17 2012 |

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snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

”...And nobody will dig his own grave if somebody won’t help him! “ Ola33


 What do you mean by this sentence, I find it very insteresting.


Thanks. :)

05:31 PM Apr 17 2012 |

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FUN777

FUN777

Egypt

No Ryo dreams man and dreams woman aren’t silly, if you really believe that as God tells us in Quran good men for good women and bad men for bad women, all you have is to believe that and act good as much as you can and you will find someone just like you.

05:24 PM Apr 17 2012 |

ola33

ola33

Japan

If you really loved a person you’ll never get over it. If it was just an infatuation or using each other or just pleasure and then break up, than there will be nothing else as hatred in the beginning and than a replacement by a new victim. So if a man speaks bad of a woman and vice versa, there wasn’t any love, period. It’s kind of a test, eh?  I know divorced couples who are still friends and help each other and sometimes even dating!!!  I think in this situation, a man is shown as a gentleman… And nobody will dig his own grave if somebody doesn’t help him!

05:21 PM Apr 17 2012 |

kitk@t102

kitk@t102

United States

ok so heres what you do. If you got a cholo problem you find a new one. I had to do it and now im happy that i aint all in love with that fool no more. He got a new girl now and thats good cuz he’s a f* loud-mouth that aint now good for no one.

05:00 PM Apr 17 2012 |

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FUN777

FUN777

Egypt

rozanawish you all good too, i’m sure you will find somebody who really deserve you and make all your dreams come true:)

04:28 PM Apr 17 2012 |

rozana.ea

rozana.ea

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

you know,it is a big question for my self that i had never love a boy and be in a romantic relationship which can happy me. i had never seen some one who be realy intresting or look like my dreams man which a lot of girls say about that. i dont know maby i want much more things from my life. i dont whant to say that love is bad or… i just can say maby im  badluck. but i like lovers. they look a little crazy, happy and sometimes sad,very sad.   


i wish all of u my friends to find your lifes partner or if u have done that,always have  sweet times with each other.

04:14 PM Apr 17 2012 |

snoopyboy

snoopyboy

Antarctica

Ella is playing hardball, she obviously is not over Mason, she likes the attention she was getting from him and misses it. Wink


Forgiven, forsaken but not forgotten.


      Getting over someone with whom you’ve been romantically involved isn’t as easy as it sounds. Let’s all face the music and consider this: Time does heal  wounds, but doesn’t heal all scars, some scars are relics to remind us of harms we’ve suffered.Once bitten , twice shy , huh? 


      I’ve heard that before “I’ll find a new person and all should be fine”, that’s called replacing someone, not necessarily getting over that person. We all wish we had that switch inside that we could turn “on” and “off” as we please, but some people although replaceable are not to be forgotten because when we fall in love it’s always going to be unforgettable, harsh truth?. Many people coy about having  occasional thoughts of an ex partner, and disguise into a happy face, or embrace a bogus “I’m -over-you” attitude, while deep inside they’re mush. I think the best way to redeem yourself from an emotional wreckage is to figure out how you’re going to move on without that person in your life, turn the page. Pick yourself up; you’ll be surprised what more there’s to live for. Do not hasten back  into any other commitment for the purpose of retaliating “hey, look how quickly I replaced you!” you’ll only render yourself more vulnerable, this isn’t the recovery method I’d recommend. Getting over someone is when in the spur of a nice moment you realize you’re happy without that person.


      Another way to officially end a relationship is to come to a mutual closure. If my ex girlfriend were to ask me today whether or not I was over her, my answer would have been this…


“Against my will and on the most unexpected moments the thought of you gust through my mind. Rejoice not, while the good times we’ve had have been fading, the harms you’ve caused me haven’t. If getting over you should mean, going on with my life, detaching myself emotionally from you, then I’ve had gotten over you long ago”.


Have I ever gotten over someone? yes.How did I do it ? she dug her own grave, so getting over her came naturally, it was less painful than I imagined,it was just the right thing to do. ( :

03:33 PM Apr 17 2012 |

Slavic miracle

Russian Federation

I cannot find connecting between Mason’s love and new project.. Is there just being on fire?

02:34 PM Apr 17 2012 |

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The Last Joke

Yemen

As for me , again , as for me , it isn’t easy  to get over someone that i love, sometimes even when i know that he/she doesn’t fit me, or even if he/she is no good for me. but when i have to get over someone :



How i will do it?


1-I will look for activities that could distract me from thinking about him/ her..


 


2-I will give a little break to my heart from all the love things and concentrated it in other thing will help me overcome my sadness.


 


 


3-lets bygone be bygone !


At last : As for me :


Faith in Allah( God ) :   Whatever happens is Allah’s(God’s) will.


وعسى أن تكرهوا شيئا وهو خير لكم وعسى أن تحبوا شيئا وهو شر لكم والله يعلم وأنتم لا تعلمون


Allah(God ) said in Quran ( But it is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and that you love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knows, and you know not.)


 


By the way :


Allah always Gives His best to Those who leave the choice with Him !


 

02:09 PM Apr 17 2012 |

Irene Forever

Ukraine

Thank you, dearest Lesya.


I’ve been teaching myself to be happy and to notice all wonders our life presents us to enjoy.


01:55 PM Apr 17 2012 |

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Mariam123

Mariam123

Saudi Arabia

love❤ is a great feeling in our life❤ . We can not live without it. It is not between 2 persons only but among the people. No happy life whiout the love of Allah . Also, no real life when we see our parents are not love us or our brothers and sistersSmile

01:20 PM Apr 17 2012 |

SÉRGIO

SÉRGIO

Brazil

Love’s blind!!!

12:33 PM Apr 17 2012 |

kotlesya

kotlesya

Belarus

Dearest, Irene.


Your comment is very frank and sensitive. I understand your feelings very well.


You are lucky, because the fate gave you the chance to experience all stages of true love:


- the innocent mental love:


- the passionate physical love;


- the mature and the strongest love, that was getting more presious day by day and year by year when you and your husband were together.


All my sympathy to you, Irene :(


It is an awful tragedy to lose somebody we love with all parts of our heart.Cry

12:11 PM Apr 17 2012 |

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