Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
This lesson is about an old fad that is coming back, hula hooping!
There are so many people doing it, a local newspaper decided to write an article about it.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Steph: Hey John. Did you read about the hula hoops in the paper this week?
John: Hula hoops? You mean the thing that you spin around on your waist?
Steph: Yeah. You can spin it on your waist, on your neck, on your wrists, on your ankles. It doesn’t matter.
John: I used to do that when I was a little kid. What’s going on with the paper now?
Steph: Well, they’re coming back into style for adults. Ya know, they’ve always been popular for kids. But now, like, big people are using them.
John: Seriously?
Steph: Seriously. They’re great exercise. They can burn like 600 calories an hour.
John: Just for jiggling your hips back and forth.
Steph: Yeah. It’s crazy and people are meeting in the park and, like, hula hooping for fun.
John: Wow. I wanna check that out. So are you into it now?
Steph: Oh yeah. I’ve been into it for years. I love it.
John: That’s cool.
Steph: Yeah. We meet at the park and stuff and hula hoop and it’s fun.
John: Will you teach me?
Steph: Uh, I could try. I’ll bring my hula hoop next week.
John: Ok.
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Discussion
The modern hula hoop was invented by a company called Wham-o in 1958. It is a simple round tube that people spin around their bodies.
It’s pretty easy to learn and you can have fun for hours!
Try it sometime. It’s a lot of fun!