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The All-Nighter – Point Of View Lesson

Hi, I’m Joe Weiss and I’m one of the teachers and directors of Learn Real English. And I’d like to welcome you to this point of view lesson. Okay, in this lesson I’m going to tell you the same story from three different points of view. First, I’m going to tell you the story as if it’s happening right now in the present, so let’s start.

There is a man and his name is John and John is a student at New York Medical School. You see, John wants to become a doctor. And unfortunately, John has a problem. John does not have a girlfriend and he wants to have a girlfriend.

Well, John has a brother and his name is Carlos. And one day Carlos sets John up on a date.

Yes, Carlos sets John up on a date with a girl named Mary. But unfortunately, the day before the date John catches a cold so John has to cancel his date with Mary. Well, although Mary is disappointed, she agrees to reschedule the date with John.

Well, after a few days John is feeling better. He doesn’t have a cold anymore so he calls Mary.

John calls Mary because he wants to schedule another date with Mary. And John and Mary talk on the phone and they schedule another date. And they plan to see a concert on that date. But unfortunately, there’s a problem again.

You see, on the day of the concert John is unable to start his car so once again he has to cancel his date with Mary. It’s the second time he has to cancel a date with Mary and although Mary is disappointed, she takes it in stride and she agrees to reschedule the date with John again.

Well, after John’s car is repaired he contacts Mary and John and Mary schedule a date for May 11 and they plan to have dinner at a restaurant for their date. Well, on May 10, John studies all day long but he still is unable to finish all of the work he has for school so he pulls an all-nighter.

Yes, that’s right, on May 10, John pulls an all-nighter so on May 11 he’s very tired. But he knows that he cannot cancel his date with Mary a third time so even though he’s tired, John has dinner with Mary at the restaurant.

Well, the night starts perfectly and John really likes Mary and Mary really likes John. But unfortunately, before dessert there is a problem. You see, at that time, John is very tired and he falls asleep at the restaurant.

Well, when John goes home that night, he sleeps for 19 hours. And when he awakes the next day, he feels embarrassed. John feels embarrassed because he had fallen asleep during his date with Mary the night before. Well, John really likes Mary and he wants to call her but he’s afraid to call her. You see, John thinks that Mary will give him the cold shoulder if he calls her. So he does not call Mary and he doesn’t know what to do next.

But then John’s phone rings. It’s Mary calling John and Mary invites John to go to a party with her that night. And, of course, John says yes. He accepts her invitation. Well, that night John and Mary go to the party and they have a great time and John doesn’t fall asleep during the date.

And John and Mary have so much fun they don’t want the night to end so they pull an all-nighter together.

Okay, that’s the end of our first story in this lesson. So in that story, I told you the story as if it is happening right now in the present. Next, I want to tell you the story as if it will happen in the future. So let’s start.

42 years from now in the future there will be a man and his name is going to be John. And John is going to be a student at New York Medical School. You see, John is going to want to become a doctor but unfortunately, John is going to have a problem. John isn’t going to have a girlfriend.

Well, John is going to have a brother and his name will be Carlos. And Carlos is going to set John up on a date. He’s going to set John up on a date with a girl named Mary. But unfortunately, the day before the date John is going to catch a cold. So he’s going to have to cancel his date with Mary. And although Mary is going to be disappointed, she’s going to agree to reschedule the date with John.

Well, after a few days John is going to be feeling better. He isn’t going to have a cold anymore.

And John is going to call Mary. He’s going to call Mary because he’s going to want to schedule another date with Mary. So John and Mary are going to talk on the phone and they’re going to schedule another date. And they’re going to plan to see a concert for their date. But unfortunately, there’s going to be a problem again.

You see, on the day of the concert, John is going to be unable to start his car so he’s going to have to cancel his date with Mary again. It will be the second time that John cancels his date with Mary. And although Mary is going to be disappointed, she’s going to take it in stride. Yes, Mary’s going to take it in stride and she’s going to agree to reschedule her date with John.

Well, after John’s car is repaired he’s going to contact Mary and John and Mary are going to schedule a date for May 11. And they’re going to plan to have dinner at a restaurant for their date.

Well, on May 10, John is going to study all day long but he’s going to be unable to finish all of his school work, so he’s going to pull an all-nighter.

Yes, on May 10, John’s going to pull an all-nighter so on May 11 he’s going to be very tired. But he’s going to know that he cannot cancel his date with Mary a third time so even though he’s tired, John is going to have dinner with Mary at the restaurant.

Well, the night is going to start perfectly and John’s really going to like Mary and Mary’s really going to like John, too. But unfortunately, just before dessert there’s going to be a problem. You see, at that time John is going to be very tired and he’s going to fall asleep at the restaurant.

Well, after John goes home he’s going to sleep for 19 hours. And when he awakes the next day, he’s going to feel embarrassed. John’s going to feel embarrassed for falling asleep during his date with Mary and John is really going to like Mary so he’s going to want to call her. But John is going to think that Mary will give him the cold shoulder if he calls her so John is not going to call Mary and he isn’t going to know what to do next.

But then John’s phone is going to ring. It’s going to be Mary calling John and Mary is going to invite John to go to a party with her that night. And, of course, John is going to say yes. Well, that night John and Mary are going to go to a party and they’re going to have a great time and John isn’t going to fall asleep during the date. And John and Mary are going to be having so much fun they will not the night to end so they’re going to pull an all-nighter together.

Okay, so that’s the end of our second story in this lesson. In that story, I told you the story as if it will happen in the future. So for our last story in this lesson I’m going to tell you the story from John’s point of view and I’m going to tell you the story as if it happened in the past, a long time in the past. So when I tell you the story you have to pretend I’m John. Let’s start the story.

Hello, my name is John and I want to tell you a story about something that happened to me a long time ago. You see, at that time I was a student at New York Medical School and I wanted to become a doctor. But unfortunately, I had a problem. I did not have a girlfriend. I wanted to have a girlfriend but I did not have one.

Well, I have a brother named Carlos and one day Carlos set me up on a date. He set me up on a date with a girl named Mary. And unfortunately, the day before the date I caught a cold so I had to cancel my date with Mary. And although Mary was disappointed, she agreed to reschedule the date with me.

Well, after a few days I was feeling better. I didn’t have a cold anymore so I called Mary. I called Mary because I wanted to schedule another date with her. So Mary and I spoke on the phone and we scheduled another date. And we planned to see a concert for that date.

But unfortunately, on the day of the concert I was unable to start my car so I had to cancel my date with Mary again. It was the second time I had to cancel a date with Mary. And although Mary was disappointed, she took it in stride and she agreed to reschedule the date with me again.

Well, after my car was repaired I contacted Mary and we scheduled a date for May 11. And we planned to have dinner at a restaurant that day. Well, on May 10, I studied all day long but I was unable to finish all of my work so I pulled an all-nighter.

Yes, on May 10, I pulled an all-nighter so on May 11, I was very tired. But I could not cancel my date with Mary a third time so even though I was tired, I had dinner with Mary at the restaurant.

And the night started perfectly. I really liked Mary and Mary really liked me. But unfortunately, just before dessert there was a problem. You see, at that time I was very tired and I fell asleep at the restaurant.

Well, after I got home that night I slept for 19 hours. And when I awoke the next day I felt embarrassed. I felt embarrassed because I had fallen asleep during my date with Mary. Well, I really liked Mary and I wanted to call her but I was afraid to call her because I thought that she would give me the cold shoulder. So I didn’t call her and I didn’t know what to do next.

But then my phone rang. It was Mary calling me and Mary invited me to go to a party with her that night. Well, of course, I accepted her invitation. I said yes. Well, that night Mary and I went to the party and we had a great time and I didn’t fall asleep on the date. And Mary and I had so much fun that night, we just didn’t want the night to end so we pulled an all-nighter together.

Okay, well that’s the end of our third and final story in this lesson. In that story, I told you the story as if John was telling the story. So you heard the story from John’s point of view. And the story was told as if it had already happened in the past.

So that means we’ve come to the end of this lesson so I want you to listen to this lesson every day for at least seven days. And as you listen to each story, I want you to just understand what’s happening in the story.

And I want you to make sure you remember the point of view that the story is being told from. You’ll start to notice that the words change as the point of view of the story changes. And as you listen to this lesson over and over again, you’ll start to understand how the words change as the point of view changes.

Okay, well that’s all for this point of view lesson. I’ll see you next time.