Listening: Bad Choices


Bad Choices

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David Beckham is a man who wants to have his cake and eat it too. He wants to be a famous movie star, and a famous football player. So he moves to Hollywood. He hooks up with Tom Cruise. They hit it off immediately. David likes Tom, Tom likes David. Beckham says, “the bottom line is that I want to be a movie star, just like you Tom. Can you help me?” Tom says, “of course, my gut tells me that you’ll be a big success in Hollywood.” So Tom introduces Becks to a director who is very powerful. The director makes a movie with Beckham. But it’s a terrible movie. Everybody hates it, and they hate Beckham. The public feels a powerful animosity towards Beckham. They can’t stand him. They yell at him. They throw things at him. Beckham can’t deal with the public animosity. He is a guy who’s very sensitive. He becomes scared. He feels this is a dire situation. Beckham is so scared. He won’t leave his house. He keeps the windows closed and the doors locked. He becomes paranoid. He won’t leave the house even to play soccer. Finally his team manager calls and says, “this is a situation which is unacceptable, you’re fired!” Beckham cries, “no…!” He has no job and nobody can stand him.

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