The Weekend - Vampires (C0301)
| A: | You want to go tothe movies tonight? |
| B: | Sure! What’s playing? |
| A: | The new Twilight movie! |
| B: | Twilight? As inthe vampire movies? No way I am watching that. I don’t understand why everyone isso excited about these films about vampires. It doesn’t make sense. |
| A: | Of course it does. It’s like a modern tale of Romeo and Juliet. You have a couple that is in love but can’t be together because they are so different. Add in the fact that immortality and super human strengthis really sexy and there you have it! Plus the cast is hip, young people that make the movie even more enticing. |
| B: | I don’t buy into that. I think it’s just a fad. Pretty soon this will pass and everyone will be into werewolves or zombies! |
Key Vocabulary
| movie | movie | |
| vampire | a dead person who sucks the blood of living person | |
| tale | a story | |
| fad | a temporary fashion or notion | |
| werewolves | a wolf with extraordinary strength | |
| zombie | a dead corpse, likes to eat brain | |
| immortal | live forever | |
| entice | to lead on by exciting hope or desire | |
| hip | cool, fashionable | |
| super human strength | extraordinary power |
Supplementary Vocabulary
| Ghoul | spirit or ghost | |
| horror | centered upon or depicting terrifying events | |
| nightmare | a terrifying dream in which the dreamer experiences feelings of helplessness | |
| fan | an enthusiastic devotee or follower of a celebrity, pastime, etc | |
| obsess | to think about something unceasingly or persistently |
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