Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
William Shatner was in the movie Star Trek III: The Search for Spock with John Larroquette. John Larroquette was in JFK with Kevin Bacon. Chris Pratt was in Moneyball with Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt was in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon. This game is called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. The concept is that every actor can be connected to Kevin Bacon by six movies or less. The ideapopped up at a college event where three students decided that Kevin Bacon was the center of the entertainment universe.
The Kevin Bacon game comes from the concept called six degrees of separation. This concept says that every human on the planet can be connected to another human through six people or less. So, Kevin Bacon went to acting school with a guy named Fred, who dated Judy, who cut hair for Amir, who was your cousin’skindergarten teacher. Congratulations! You are six degrees from Kevin Bacon!Mind-blowing, huh?
Romeo is fascinated with the concept of six degrees of separation. Listen as he explains the concept to Dominique in today’s English lesson.
The Kevin Bacon game comes from the concept called six degrees of separation. This concept says that every human on the planet can be connected to another human through six people or less. So, Kevin Bacon went to acting school with a guy named Fred, who dated Judy, who cut hair for Amir, who was your cousin’skindergarten teacher. Congratulations! You are six degrees from Kevin Bacon!Mind-blowing, huh?
Romeo is fascinated with the concept of six degrees of separation. Listen as he explains the concept to Dominique in today’s English lesson.
Dialogue
Romeo: I’ve got to ask you this. You know how, like, Facebook will do theseevent pages and they tell you about your, your know, your friends that you follow that are also going to the event?
Dominique: Yeah.
Romeo: So, one popped up for this event that was going on downtown. And, two of my friends, who have never met each other…
Dominique: OK.
Romeo: ...were both going to be at that event.
Dominique: Mmm hmm.
Romeo: And I just thought, wouldn’t that be crazy if, for some reason, my name just happened to come up, and they’re like, “Hey! I know that guy!” and then the other guy’s like, “Hey, I know him, too.” It’s like total sixdegrees of separation. I mean, we’re talking, two people, from two different cities, that don’t even know that they both know me, being at the same place at the same time.
Dominique: That is pretty crazy.
Romeo: That’s the kind of concept I’m talking about.
Dominique: Like, my kindergartenteacher ended up being my Mom’s best friend from grade school and, also, my neighbor. What?! Crazy!
Romeo: Mind-blowing, huh?
Dominique: It’s ridiculous how that works. Like, the world is so small.
Romeo: Six degrees of Kevin Bacon is not just a game. The world is so small that you’re almost always going to run into somebody, who knows somebody, who knows somebody else that you also both know.
Dominique: Yeah.
Romeo: So, one popped up for this event that was going on downtown. And, two of my friends, who have never met each other…
Dominique: OK.
Romeo: ...were both going to be at that event.
Dominique: Mmm hmm.
Romeo: And I just thought, wouldn’t that be crazy if, for some reason, my name just happened to come up, and they’re like, “Hey! I know that guy!” and then the other guy’s like, “Hey, I know him, too.” It’s like total sixdegrees of separation. I mean, we’re talking, two people, from two different cities, that don’t even know that they both know me, being at the same place at the same time.
Dominique: That is pretty crazy.
Romeo: That’s the kind of concept I’m talking about.
Dominique: Like, my kindergartenteacher ended up being my Mom’s best friend from grade school and, also, my neighbor. What?! Crazy!
Romeo: Mind-blowing, huh?
Dominique: It’s ridiculous how that works. Like, the world is so small.
Romeo: Six degrees of Kevin Bacon is not just a game. The world is so small that you’re almost always going to run into somebody, who knows somebody, who knows somebody else that you also both know.
Discussion
Romeo tells Dominique about a Facebook event that popped up. He has two friends attending this same event. But, these two friends have never met each other. He thinks it would be crazy if they met at the event, and then realize that they both know Romeo. The concept of six degrees of separation is totally crazy!
Dominique agrees. Her kindergartenteacher was her Mom’s best friend in grade school. And is also her neighbor! They both agree that the world is very small. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is not just game. It’s also real life!
Can you connect the actor Harrison Ford to Kevin Bacon? How many degrees away from Kevin Bacon are you?
Dominique agrees. Her kindergartenteacher was her Mom’s best friend in grade school. And is also her neighbor! They both agree that the world is very small. Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is not just game. It’s also real life!
Can you connect the actor Harrison Ford to Kevin Bacon? How many degrees away from Kevin Bacon are you?
Grammar Point
Direct vs. Reported Speech
Romeo is imagining what would happen if two of his friends met at a party. He says, “And I just thought, wouldn’t that be crazy if, for some reason, my name just happened tocome up, and they’re like, “Hey! I know that guy!” and the other guy’s like, “Hey, I know him, too.” He is using direct speech.
Direct and reported speech are two different ways to say what someone else said.
In direct speech, we quote the exact words that a person said. We putquotation marks around their words and add a speech tag such as “he said” or “she asked” or “he was like” before or after the quote. For example:
“Are you free tonight?” she asked.
“I failed a test last week,” she said.
He was like, “Have you seen any good movies lately?”
We can also use direct speech to say what someone is saying right now, as in: She says, “Hurry up.”
Which example correctly uses direct speech, “He said, “Kevin Bacon is a really good actor,”” or “He told me that Kevin Bacon is a really good actor”?
Romeo is imagining what would happen if two of his friends met at a party. He says, “And I just thought, wouldn’t that be crazy if, for some reason, my name just happened tocome up, and they’re like, “Hey! I know that guy!” and the other guy’s like, “Hey, I know him, too.” He is using direct speech.
Direct and reported speech are two different ways to say what someone else said.
In direct speech, we quote the exact words that a person said. We putquotation marks around their words and add a speech tag such as “he said” or “she asked” or “he was like” before or after the quote. For example:
“Are you free tonight?” she asked.
“I failed a test last week,” she said.
He was like, “Have you seen any good movies lately?”
We can also use direct speech to say what someone is saying right now, as in: She says, “Hurry up.”
Which example correctly uses direct speech, “He said, “Kevin Bacon is a really good actor,”” or “He told me that Kevin Bacon is a really good actor”?
Quiz
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