COMPANION WORKSHEET FOR: LET’S TALK ABOUT STRANGER THINGS

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Part 1 Instructions:
Understanding main ideas Listen to the podcast and mark which of these statements are TRUE
1. The main topic in this podcast is about Netflix TV series “Stranger Things.”
2. Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game created by the writers of Stranger Things
3. In D&D, each player creates and takes control of a character.
4. The Dungeon Master decides who each player will be: an elf, a human being, a warrior, a wizard, etc.
5. The main difference with a video game is that in D&D, players create the story as they are living it.

Part 2 Instructions:
Understanding details Listen to the podcast again and answer these comprehension questions.

6. What does Sergio like doing in his free time?

7. Who guides the story and puts challenges in front of the players?
8. What is believed to be the predecessor of the role-playing games (RPGs)?
9. How has D&D evolved in the last years?
10. Why has D&D been attacked?

Part 3 Instructions:
Inferring from the text Try to find information to support these statements.
Listen to the podcast again if necessary:

11. Dungeons & Dragons is a social experience by design.

12. Learning to play D&D requires guidance.
13. A player is likely to be a people person but might not enjoy outdoor entertainment.
14. D&D has a sizable number of followers and a strong presence in the media.
15. Dungeons & Dragons could be addictive.

Part 4 Instructions:
Understanding vocabulary in context Read the words in bold and see if you can understand what they refer to.

16. “party” is mentioned here with two different meanings. Can you see the difference?
17. “bridge” is used here to describe Dungeons & Dragons. Why?
18. A “campaign” is here understood as….
19. D&D is said to be “a flagship of the nerd community.” Does that convey a positive or a negative meaning?
20. When people “don’t fit in with someone or something,” it means that they are not accepted, that they are not
comfortable, that they do not have the same interests, or that they feel they do not belong there?

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