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Listen To read along as you listen, click here for a LEARNING GUIDE . The Learning Guide at www.archiecomics.com/podcast has a complete transcript of this lesson including a glossary, sample sentences, comprehension questions and cultural notes. SPANISH COMIC TRANSCRIPT In the first frame of today’s comic we see 4 people – Mr. Lodge, Veronica, Archie and Betty. The people are in Veronica’s house. Veronica says to Mr. Lodge, “Archie’s back from vacation, daddy!” Mr. Lodge is Veronica’s daddy. Father and daddy mean the same thing. We could also say that Mr. Lodge is Veronica’s dad. Dad is the shortened form of the word daddy. Daddy, dad and father all mean the same thing. Mr. Lodge says, “Joy”. Usually the word joy means that we are happy about something. Joy can mean that we are excited about something. Hmmmm look at Mr. Lodge’s face. Does he look happy or excited? Does he look joyful or full of joy? No, he does not look happy. He does not look excited. He does not look joyful. Mr. Lodge does not look like he is happy that Archie is back from his vacation. Mr. Lodge does not look happy that Archie has come home from his vacation. Next, Betty asks Archie, “Did you have fun?” Betty wants to know if Archie had fun on his vacation. She wants to know if Archie had a good time on his vacation. In the second frame, Archie is talking. He says “I have to say the old cliché is true: There’s no place like home!” A cliché is an idea or phrase that has been used so much that it does not have any meaning any longer. The cliché that Archie used was, “There’s no place like home”. “There’s no place like home” means that nothing compares to the comfort of being in your house. You feel really good when you are in your own home. Archie has been away on vacation. He had a good time on his vacation BUT he was really happy when he got home. Archie said there is no place like his home. In the last frame we see the joke! We see Archie, Veronica and Betty in the third frame but we do not see Mr. Lodge. Mr. Lodge is not in the picture. He is in another room of the house. Mr. Lodge calls out to Archie, “Then go there!” Ok, I hope you ‘get’ or understand the joke! You see, Mr. Lodge doesn’t like Archie and when Archie says that there is no place like home, Mr. Lodge tells him to go there. Mr. Lodge wants Archie to go home. Mr. Lodge wants Archie to go to his own home! Less

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