Four conversations

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Preparation

Transcript

A

Man: How did it go?

Woman: Umm, I think it went quite well. I did a lot of research and prepared a lot. I was in there for ... I don't know ... half an hour?

Man: And? What did they say?

Woman: Nothing much. At the end I asked them, 'What happens now?', and the woman said, 'We'll call you back with news in three or four days.'

Man: Really?

Woman: Yeah, I think I've got the job. There weren't a lot of other people there. I was the only interview that day, you know?

Man: Well, good luck with it.

B

Man: Anyway, you were saying ...

Woman: Oh, yeah, um ... let's see. Yes, so I was in the museum and there were, I don't know, a hundred people waiting to get into the room. Finally, I got in, and I tried to see the Mona Lisa but I couldn't look at it.

Man: Why not?

Woman: Because the room was filled with people taking photographs of it!

Man: Oh, right.

Woman: Yes! And selfies.

Man: Wait a minute. You can take photos while you're in there?

Woman: Yes, but you can't use flash. I don't know ... Why do we take photos of everything we see when we travel?

Man: I know. And we never look at the photos after.

Woman: Exactly! I'm tired of always taking photos. I don't feel I'm enjoying things.

C

Man: Who took this?

Woman: I can't remember. Hmmm ...

Man: What am I doing?

Woman: You're sitting on the sofa, watching TV and eating chocolates. Nothing changes!

Man: Ha! Very funny. You look very young, though.

Woman: I know. Look at my hair – it was so long!

Man: Mine too, look at me! Hey … I think I know who took this photo.

Woman: Umm … who? Was it Dad?

Man: No, it wasn’t Dad or Mum. Do you remember Barry?

Woman: No.

Man: Yes, YES! You do remember. Barry, your boyfriend at high school. You were seventeen and he was sixteen and he was so very polite: 'Hello, I'm Barry. It's very nice to meet you ...'

Woman: Stop it! He was nice.

Man: Yeah, well, he took the photo.

D

Woman: Let's see. OK. I'm glad we could talk about this. It's not easy to say.

Man: What?

Woman: Well, you're not in our group – for the class project.

Man: What do you mean? You know I'm always in a group with you.

Woman: I know. It's just that this time … this time we made the group differently and because you were late ...

Man: I see. You don't want me in the group?

Woman: No, no. It isn't that. It's that we've already made the group, see? There's four of us already.

Man: So? We can't be a group of five?

Woman: Well, the teacher said four people per group.

Man: Oh.

Woman: It's not about you or your work or anything like that. It's ... errrr ... well, we already have the group.

Man: So I have to find another group.

Woman: I'm sorry.

Task 1

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Task 2

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6. (Conversation C) The girl had an older boyfriend at school. Is it false or true? I think this is true.

Hi Suraj paliwal,

Actually, the answer is false! The man says, You were seventeen and he was sixteen. So, the boyfriend was younger, not older.

Jonathan

The LearnEnglish Team

I have never had such a conversation with anyone, too bad but i am learning english to have such conversation.

Have you ever had a similar conversation? What new phrases did you learn in these conversations? Yes, especially the conversation about the holiday. New phrases: - Anything - Already - Etc.

Yes, but mostly it happened to me at school. The phrase I learned was "you will do it right" because in the exhibitions we always gave each other support but very rarely did we discuss in groups.

I think I don't have any conversation similar, but I learning many new phareses for example "Well, good luck with it"

I never had such a conversation with anyone. It's a shame but I am learning English to have such conversations even much complex than this.

I had lot of this kind of conversations, I had to say to my friend that he wasn't more in the work team from the school, this broke-up our friendship, and I had the same experience for this situation in crowded places to visit in a holiday or at vacations. And the new sentence that I had learn is " I think it went quite well"

Ana, It would be great if post those conversations here.

I think I found a good conversation to recognize a new vocabulary. All kind of vocabulary or phrases are good here such as it was filled with people, we've always made four of us, to get into the room, and to be tried always of taking photos.