Apedia

Girls One's Sleepovers Face Slumber Party Chooses Friends

Id ESLPod_0443_CN
Episode Id ESLPod 443
Episode Title Having a Slumber Party
Title Having a Slumber Party
Text

Most young American girls go to sleepovers at their friends' home, but the name sleepover is "misleading" (gives the wrong idea or impression), because the girls usually don't sleep very much at all. Sleepovers are filled with fun activities "beyond" (in addition to) the ones mentioned in this dialogue.

At many sleepovers, girls play a game called Truth or Dare. The girls sit in a circle on the floor. One at a time, they are asked to choose whether they will answer a question truthfully or "take a dare" (do something that one doesn't want to do, but will do to show that one is not scared). If the girl chooses truth, her friends might ask her who she "has a crush on" (who she likes romantically). If she chooses to take a dare, her friends might dare her to run around the house without her shirt on, or eat something "disgusting" (very bad; revolting).

Many girls at sleepovers also like to tell "ghost stories," which are scary stories about "ghosts," or people who have died but are still on earth and scare living people. Often the girls turn off the lights and the one who is telling the story has a "flashlight" (a small device held in one's hand that produces light from batteries) that she holds under her "chin" (the part of one's face between one's mouth and neck) to make her face look scarier.

Sometimes girls at sleepovers like to give each other "makeovers" (changing the way one looks by changing one's hair and makeup). They might give each other "manicures" (shaping and coloring one's fingernails), "pedicures" (shaping and coloring one's toenails), or "facials" (using special creams and lotions to make the skin on one's face healthier, cleaner, and more beautiful).

Topics Home + Community

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Room to i'd like go

Previous card: Airlines passengers smaller pay flying low-cost people meal

Up to card list: ESLPod Culture Note