Theatre in English. March 18th

Cowboys and Cowards

Desert Dan is a noble man who defends the innocent in the Wild West. Ever since he lost his wife Clementine to a band of desperados he has fought to defend justice and the American way. And now there is a man who is putting the American way in danger. His name is Calhoon and Desert Dan is determined to stop him. But he can’t stop him alone, so he gets help from his companion, Ricardo “The Nasty”. They ride
their horses through the desert until Desert Dan loses his horse and Ricardo must continue alone to confront Calhoon. But Calhoon uses a dirty trick to fool Ricardo and kills him. But in the end, justice triumphs and evil is destroyed, yahoo!

Vocabulary: definitely, ma’am, mister, sir, just, up, down, around, under, over, cactus, wind, ago, tornado, pistol, hat, sympathy, chest, condominiums, moustache,
Adjectives: alone, innocent, honest, smelly, simple, modern, fast, brilliant, broken, dead, mature, difficult, easy, dirty, nasty, poor, dangerous, hot, tired,
Verbs: to ride, to look, to defend, to appear, to go like this, to face, to prefer, to blow, to work, to find,
Expressions: “Okay MacKay”, “poor thing”, “Wild West”, “one thing”, “see you at noon”, “howdy”, yeah (yes), “over there”, “does he stop?”, “oh no!”

Advanced vocabulary: noble, loyal, evil, mean, “take a card”, “what about…”, to pay our respects, to build, to promise, sun burn, canteen, “make a decision”, justice, prefer, to kill, to shoot, suddenly

I Need a Hero!

Jeff Johnson, the handsome CNN journalist, is reporting on a terrible event in New York: the lunatic Fireboy is threatening to destroy the world with his atomic ray if he doesn’t get 1 billion dollars. The only person who can stop him is our hero, who suffered a physical transformation after a terrible accident he suffered in his kitchen. The problem is our hero has virtually no superpowers so he must search high and low for a real superhero to help him save the world. Who will that superhero be? What powers will he/she have? And how will he/she and Captain Cow stop fireboy? Let’s watch on our television the action that happens in New York City at the Empire State Building.

Key vocabulary: something, like this, then, strange, terrible, the end, the news, fire, to destroy, world, atomic, handsome, normal, toxic, hero, television, volunteer, super powers, strong, real, beautiful, rope, applause, crazy, secret weapon, building
Verbs: to shoot, to decide, to fall, to help, to smile, to repeat, to stop, to fly, turn on/off, to transform,
Advanced Vocabulary: terrifying, to realize, ordinary, to change, live (en vivo), sex-symbol, half, strength, to climb, hold on, to slip, equipment, lunatic, to describe, TV, good luck, device,