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The Mars Club – 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, so in today’s lesson I’m going to tell you a story from three different points of view. First, I want 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 Jim and Jim is a bartender. And Jim loves being a bartender but unfortunately Jim hates his boss. Jim’s boss is named Richard and Jim hates Richard because Richard is a crooked businessman and Jim is always honest.

Well, one day Jim quits his job because he hates working for Richard and he decides to open his own bar. But when Jim tells Richard he wants to open his own bar, Richard is not encouraging. Richard tells Jim that Jim’s bar will go under in less than one year.

Well, Jim wants to serve Martian drinks at his bar so he goes to Mars. Jim goes to Mars to learn how to make Martian drinks. And after Jim arrives on Mars, he goes to a bar and he asks the bartender to make him a Martian cocktail.

So the bartender makes Jim a vodka and blood cocktail and when Jim sees the cocktail, he’s afraid to drink it. But he drinks it anyway and he loves it. Jim loves the vodka and blood cocktail.

Well, Jim stays on Mars for one week and during that time he learns how to make Martian drinks. And after that, he goes back to Earth and he opens a new bar and the name of the bar is the Mars Club and Jim only serves drinks from Mars at his bar.

Well, Jim tells his friends about his new bar and, of course, he tells them about the drinks. And his friends think that he is out of his mind. But when his friends come to the bar and they try the drinks, they love them.

The most popular drink at the bar is the whiskey and toothpaste cocktail but Jim’s wife likes a different drink. Her favorite drink is the gin and motor oil cocktail.

Well, one year after it opens, the Mars Club is a very successful bar and Jim wants to call Richard to tell him that his bar has not gone under in less than a year.

But unfortunately, Jim is unable to call Richard because Richard’s bar goes under. Yes, Richard’s bar goes under because Richard doesn’t pay the bar’s taxes. Richard doesn’t pay the bar’s taxes because Richard is a crooked businessman.

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

Forty-two years from now in the future, there will be a man and his name will be Jim. And Jim is going to be a bartender and Jim is going to love being a bartender but he’s going to hate his boss.

Jim’s boss will be named Richard and Jim is going to hate Richard because Richard is going to be a crooked businessman and Jim is always going to be honest.

Well, Jim is going to quit his job because he’s going to hate working for Richard and then he’s going to decide to open a bar of his own. Well, Jim is going to tell Richard that he wants to open a bar and Richard is not going to be encouraging. Richard is going to tell Jim that Jim’s bar will go under in less than one year.

Well, Jim is going to want to serve Martian drinks at his bar so he’s going to go to Mars. He’s going to go to Mars to learn how to make Martian drinks. And after he arrives on Mars, he’s going to go to a bar and he’s going to ask the bartender to make him a Martian cocktail.

So the bartender is going to make Jim a vodka and blood cocktail. Well, Jim is going to see the cocktail and he’s going to be afraid to drink it, but he’s going to drink it anyway and he’s going to love it. Jim is going to love the vodka and blood cocktail.

Well, Jim is going to stay on Mars for one week and during that time, he’s going to learn how to make Martian drinks. And then he’s going to go back to Earth and he’s going to open a new bar.

Well, the name of the bar is going to be the Mars Club and Jim is only going to serve drinks from Mars at his bar.

Well, Jim is going to tell his friends about his new bar and, of course, he’s also going to tell them about the drinks. And Jim’s friends are going to think that Jim is out of his mind but they’re going to come to the bar and they’re going to try the cocktails and they’re going to love them.

The most popular cocktail at the bar is going to be the whiskey and toothpaste cocktail, but Jim’s wife is going to like a different cocktail than that. Her favorite cocktail is going to be the gin and motor oil cocktail.

Well, one year after it opens, the Mars Club is going to be a very successful bar. So Jim is going to want to call Richard to tell him that his bar has not gone under in less than a year.

But unfortunately, Jim will be unable to call Richard because Richard’s bar is going to go under. Yes, that’s right, Richard’s bar is going to go under because Richard isn’t going to pay the bar’s taxes. He isn’t going to pay the bar’s taxes because he’s going to be a crooked businessman.

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 I have one more story for you in this lesson.

In this next story, I’m going to tell you the story from Jim’s point of view and you’re going to hear the story as if it has already happened in the past. So let’s start the story.

Hi, I’m Jim 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 bartender and I loved being a bartender but unfortunately, I hated my boss.

My boss was named Richard and I hated Richard because Richard was a crooked businessman and I was always honest.

Well, one day I quit my job because I hated working for Richard and I decided to open my own bar. But when I told Richard that I wanted to open a bar, he was not encouraging. Richard told me that my bar would go under in less than one year.

Well, I wanted to serve Martian drinks at my bar so I went to Mars to learn how to make Martian drinks. And after I arrived on Mars, I went to a bar and I told the bartender to make me a Martian cocktail.

Well, the bartender made me a vodka and blood cocktail and when I saw the cocktail, I was afraid to drink it but I drank it anyway and I loved it. I loved the vodka and blood cocktail.

Well, I stayed on Mars for one week and during that time I learned how to make Martian drinks. And after that I went back to Earth and I opened a new bar. Well, the name of the bar was the Mars Club and I only served drinks from Mars at the bar.

Well, I told my friends about my new bar and, of course, I also told them about the drinks and they thought I was out of my mind but when they came to the bar and they tried the cocktails, they loved them.

The most popular cocktail at the bar was the whiskey and toothpaste cocktail, but my wife liked a different cocktail than that one. Her favorite cocktail was the gin and motor oil cocktail.

Well, after the bar was open for one year, it was a very successful bar so I wanted to call Richard to tell him that the bar had not gone under in less than one year.

But unfortunately, I was unable to call Richard because Richard’s bar went under. Yes, that’s right. Richard’s bar went under because Richard did not pay the bar’s taxes. He didn’t pay the bar’s taxes because he was a crooked businessman.

Okay, so that was our third and final story in this lesson. So in that story, I told you the story from Jim’s point of view and the story was told as if it had already happened in the past.

So I want you to listen to this lesson every day for at least 7 days. And as you listen to each story, I want you to remember the point of view that the story is being told from and just try and understand what’s happening in each story.

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