Chile – Point Of View Lesson

Hey there everyone. I hope you’re ready to start the point of view stories for the lesson “Chile”. I know I
am. Let’s start with the story being told as if it is happening right now.

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Frankie the frog is married to Lola the lamb. Wednesday is their five year wedding anniversary.
So they plan a trip to New York.

“Call a hotel to reserve a room,” Lola says.

“I don’t wanna call a hotel, we can just wing it,” says Frankie.

Lola looks concerned. So Frankie says, “Don’t worry, we’ll get by.”

Three days later they fly to New York. Not long after they arrive, Frankie calls a hotel. The hotel is
full. Then it dawns on Frankie that his cousin Freddie lives in New York.

So he calls his cousin Freddie. He tells Freddie he is in New York.

Freddie says, “You can sleep at my house tonight.”

So they go to Freddie’s house.

That night they go out on the town. First they go to a café to hang out, then they go to a club.
They dance and drink a good amount of beer.

Later that night Frankie says to Lola, “I told you everything would be okay, happy
anniversary.”

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Okay, so that’s the end of the story being told as if it is happening right now. Now let’s listen to the story
being told as if it is happening eleven years in the future. Okay, here we go.
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Eleven years from now Frankie the frog will be married to Lola the lamb. Wednesday will be their
five year wedding anniversary. So they’re gonna plan a trip to New York.

“Call a hotel to reserve a room,” Lola’ll say.

Chile – Point Of View Lesson

Then Frankie’ll say, “I don’t wanna call a hotel, we can just wing it.”

Lola will look concerned. So Frankie’ll say, “Don’t worry, we’ll get by.”

Three days later they’ll fly to New York. Not long after they arrive, Frankie’ll call a hotel. The hotel
will be full. Then it’ll dawn on Frankie that his cousin Freddie lives in New York.

So he’ll call his cousin Freddie. He’ll tell Freddie he’s in New York.

Freddie’ll say, “You can sleep at my house

tonight.”

So they’ll go to Freddie’s house.

That night they’ll go out on the town. First they’ll go to a café to hang out, then they’ll go to a
club. They’ll dance and drink a good amount of beer.

Later that night Frankie’ll say to Lola, “I told you everything would be okay, happy
anniversary.”

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Okay, so that is the story being told as if it is happening in the future. Next we will hear the story told by
Frankie. So here is Frankie the frog telling the story.

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I am married to Lola the lamb. Wednesday was our five year wedding anniversary. So we planned
a trip to New York.

“Call a hotel to reserve a room,” said Lola.

“I don’t wanna call a hotel, we can just wing it,” I said.

Lola looked concerned. So I said, “Don’t worry, we’ll get by.”

Three days later we flew to New York. Not long after we arrived, I called a hotel. The hotel was
full. Then it dawned on me that my cousin Freddie lived in New York.

So I called my cousin Freddie. I told Freddie I was in New York.

Freddie said, “You can sleep at my house

tonight.”

Chile – Point Of View Lesson

So we went to Freddie’s house.

That night we went out on the town. First we went to a café to hang out, then we went to a club.
We danced and drank a good amount of beer.

Later that night I said to Lola, “I told you everything would be okay, happy anniversary.”

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Okay, so we’ve now heard the point of view stories for the lesson “Chile”. Now for your homework, listen
to each of these stories again. Listen to them until you really know them well. Then try telling each story
on your own. Don’t just think about the story actually say it out loud. Then you will know that you really
do know the story. Okay, have fun and we’ll see you next time.