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17 Again

Date: Jun 17 2009

Themes: School

Grammar: Simple Present Tense

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It would be cool if life came with a rewind button. Then you could relive the best moments of your life and fix the mistakes you made in your past. Unfortunately, real life just doesn’t work like that.

In movies, on the other hand, anything can happen. In the new film 17 Again, the main character is a 37-year-old man who gets a second chance at life when he is magically changed back into a high school student. Listen to Ella tell Devan why she is so excited to see this movie.

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Ella

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Ella: 17 Again. Yes.

Devan: Are you gonna go see it?

Ella: I basically have tickets. I’m so excited to see this movie. Zac Efron, wow.

Devan: You have a crush on him?

Ella: Kind of. It’s a secret crush. But I’m just so psyched for this movie. Something different from High School Musical, you know? Finally something he’s not dancing and singing in. It’s actually something that kinda showcases his other talents.

Devan: So what’s the premise of the movie? It’s basically about like…Matthew Perry’s in it, right, and it’s about him getting a second chance?

Ella: Yeah. Something like he wakes up one morning and then he’s 17 again. Just kind of makes me wanna redo things from the past.

Devan: You wanna like go back in time?

Ella: Yeah. Relive it all. Change a couple choices. Things like that. I don’t know, it looks like a good movie though.

Devan: So it’s a premise that’s been done several times before, like in other movies.

Ella: It does feel familiar.

Devan: Kind of like It’s a Wonderful Life and a few other things. But maybe they’ll put some new twist on it.

Ella: Hopefully. I hope so. I mean, would you ever want to go back to high school?

Devan: No.

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Discussion

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Ella can’t wait to see 17 Again because she thinks the star of the movie, Zac Efron, is really cute. But she’s embarrassed about having a crush on him since he’s so young. Efron is most famous for starring in the High School Musical movies. Ella is excited to see him in a more mature role.

In 17 Again, the main character is turned back into a teenager. He gets to relive his high school days and try to fix his past mistakes. Devan says that this premise has been done before. A classic example is the movie It’s a Wonderful Life, in which a man who’s about to commit suicide revisits certain moments from his past and decides that life is worth living after all.

Devan says she would not want to go back to high school. Would you like to be 17 again? Is there another time in your life that you wish you could relive?

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salinger

Germany

I always thought the idea was make a movie.i wish i would have go back my past and i would have fix my mistakes…life is so cruel

snunsy

Russian Federation

i'd like to relive some moments in my life but not for changing them but for feeling the moments once again and the things that are not very good in my life should be where they are as everything was done for the better.

Finland

i've seen the advert of this film when i went to watch some other movies and i thought "maybe this movie is definitely worth watching!!!" so i just have to see this movie now!!!!! =D

flylover

Georgia

wow it’s cool, if it was possible to relive when we wish it!... i’d not like it yet but when i’ll be 40…
i’ll do it! :) :)

sofree

China

“17 Again” is some different with other relive movie. Zac is the only one who rewind, he goes to school with his children. In this case, I would love to live a different 17 again.
But others rewind all the world, like “Butterfly”, I don’t want the date go back to my 17, I really don’t know what I should change.

rachu77

India

I would not like to be 17 again but yeah definitely there is another phase/time of my life which i would like to relive. That was the most wonderful time of my life and everything was so good. But i know it happens in only movies or we could only relive our past by cherishing that moments all the time in our mind. This is the only way to relive. But we can't actually go back and fix things from the past.

nick224

Italy

I wouldn't do it. I was so much older when I was 17…I'm younger than that now !

lina2007

Germany

i´d like to have 17 again, yes and i will do my live differently.

smile21

China

hehe…I'd like to do

karim786

India

hi please help to improve my english i want to be fluen spoker in english

L_a_d_a

Ukraine

Well yes, i`d like to go back into a teenager for some time. But i don`t want to change anything

Relive :) only plezent moments :)

Sam Kovac

Palestinian Territory, Occupied

Teenage is where we used to enjoy life to the full, now. we're taken responsibility

thomas2

Hong Kong

I hate being a guy around17.it's horrible!

kam123kam

Hong Kong

Yes, agree. But sometimes thinking back is very sweet.

kam123kam

Hong Kong

If I had chance going back in time, I would like to change couple of things. Firstly was about my study, and then about my job and my house!

egyptian_teacher

Egypt

from EGYPT /25years old.

egyptian_teacher

Egypt

my name is HOSSAM FROM

egyptian_teacher

Egypt

my name is HOSSAM

basketball_juanito

Colombia

I think we should think on future and not in past,, life is to live as better as we can and this is what live has mean, because if we can rewird to get the better moments this is not worth to live it.