ANNA: Hi! I see you like superhero culture. Me too.

ANNA: In fact, tonight I’m going to the big superhero convention. Are you going?

YOUNG MAN: Um, I don’t know.

ANNA: Well, you’d better decide soon. Last year, it sold out.

ANNA: So, since we’re talking about superheroes: would you rather become a superhero by accident, like Spiderman, or be born a superhero, like Wonder Woman?

ANNA: Take your time. It’s a big question. I thought about it for days –

YOUNG MAN: Okay. If I had to choose, I’d rather be born a superhero.

ANNA: I’d rather become a superhero by an unexpected accident!

YOUNG MAN: Aren’t all accidents unexpected?

ANNA: Well, yeah.

YOUNG MAN: What was that!? Are you okay?

ANNA: I’m better than okay. I feel super!

PROF. BOT: Oh No! Anna was just hit by lightning. She had better get help.

PROF. BOT: We use had better to give advice. It is very informal and stronger than should and ought to. For example, Anna says: “You’d better decide soon. Last year, it sold out.”

PROF. BOT: When we use had better, we usually shorten the word had for personal pronouns.

PROF. BOT: We use would rather to say what we or someone else prefers to do or have. For example, the boy says: “Okay. If I had to choose, I’d rather be born a superhero.

PROF. BOT: With would rather, we also shorten the word would when used with personal pronouns. Keep watching and listen for had better and would rather.

YOUNG MAN: You’d better see a doctor.

ANNA: I’ve never felt better!

YOUNG MAN: You were just struck by lightning!! And what happened to your hair and your clothes?

ANNA: I don’t know. Wait, I do know. This is my super suit! And this is my origin story.

YOUNG MAN: What are you talking about?

ANNA: An origin story tells the beginning of a superhero. You should know that.

YOUNG MAN: You’re not making any sense, lady.

ANNA: I would rather be called Lightning Bolt Lady! It’ll sound great in a theme song: Lightning Bolt Lady!

ANNA: Now, I need to find my superpowers —

YOUNG MAN: Um, I really think —

ANNA: Wait. Don’t tell me. I’ll read your mind. You are thinking you’d like to be my super helper.

YOUNG MAN: I was not thinking that.

ANNA: … that you’d like to live in a treehouse.

YOUNG MAN: No.

ANNA: … that you should eat more vegetables.

YOUNG MAN: Please, stop talking. You really should get some help.

ANNA: Mind reading is not my superpower. Maybe I can become invisible. I … am … invisible!

ANNA: You can’t see me. Who am I? I’m not here. You can’t see me.

YOUNG MAN: I can see you and so can everybody else.

ANNA: No power of invisibility. Maybe I can create a force field. I feel it working. Nothing can hurt –

(Someone throws a piece of paper and it hits her head.)

ANNA: Ow, that wasn’t very nice. I see I have a lot of work to do. Well, goodbye, non-super person!

YOUNG MAN: Wait. I’d better go with you. You might get worse…if that’s even possible.

ANNA: That’s very nice of you, ordinary human. But I’d rather go by myself. This is a quest.

YOUNG MAN: Every time you speak, I get more confused.

ANNA: A quest is a part of all superhero stories. You really need to work on your superhero studies. Now, stand back. I’ve never flown before.

YOUNG MAN: And you’re not flying now.

ANNA: Flying is also not my superpower. That’s too bad. It’s going to be expensive to Uber everywhere. You know, I’d rather walk. It’s a nice day. Goodbye, non-super person.

YOUNG MAN: I am not talking to strangers again.
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🦸‍♀️ Vocabulario del texto “Anna becomes Lightning Bolt Lady”

| Palabra / Expresión | Pronunciación | Significado en español |
| ———————– | —————— | —————————————- |
| **superhero** | súperjírou | superhéroe |
| **culture** | kólchar | cultura |
| **convention** | convénshon | convención / evento |
| **decide** | disáid | decidir |
| **sold out** | sóuld aut | agotado (entradas / boletos) |
| **by accident** | bai áksident | por accidente |
| **be born** | bi bórn | nacer |
| **unexpected** | ánexpekted | inesperado |
| **lightning** | láitning | relámpago / rayo |
| **had better** | jad béter | deberías / más vale que (consejo fuerte) |
| **would rather** | wud ráder | preferiría |
| **choose** | chús | elegir |
| **prefer** | prifér | preferir |
| **feel** | fíil | sentir |
| **super** | súper | súper / genial |
| **get help** | guet jelp | pedir ayuda |
| **doctor** | dóktor | médico |
| **struck by lightning** | strak bai láitning | ser alcanzado por un rayo |
| **hair** | jér | cabello |
| **clothes** | klóuz | ropa |
| **super suit** | súper sút | traje de superhéroe |
| **origin story** | órijin stóri | historia de origen |
| **theme song** | thím song | canción principal / tema musical |
| **superpowers** | súperpáuers | superpoderes |
| **read your mind** | ríd yor máind | leer la mente |
| **treehouse** | tríjhaus | casa en el árbol |
| **vegetables** | véchtablz | verduras |
| **invisible** | invísibl | invisible |
| **force field** | fórs fíild | campo de fuerza |
| **hurt** | jert | herir / doler |
| **quest** | kuést | misión / búsqueda |
| **ordinary** | órdinèri | ordinario / común |
| **human** | júman | humano |
| **confused** | konfiúst | confundido |
| **studies** | stádiz | estudios |
| **stand back** | stánd bak | retroceder / apartarse |
| **fly / flying** | flai / fláing | volar |
| **too bad** | tu bád | qué pena / una lástima |
| **expensive** | ikspénsiv | caro |
| **Uber** | úber | servicio de transporte (marca) |
| **walk** | uók | caminar |
| **stranger** | stréincher | desconocido / extraño |