Do the preparation exercise first. Then watch the video and do the exercises to check your understanding and practise the language.
Preparation
Transcript
Ana: Hi! I'm Ana. Welcome to What to Say!
Do you know what to say when you want to show interest? Listen out for useful language for showing interest. Then, we'll practise saying the new phrases – after this.
Noelia: Morning, Bob.
Bob: Oh, good morning.
Noelia: It's so rainy today. The weather in this country is horrible!
Bob: Yes … yes … The weather was even worse when I lived in Canada.
Noelia: Oh, I didn't know that you lived in Canada, Bob. How cool!
Bob: One winter it was so cold and windy that I fell on the ice and broke my leg in three places.
Noelia: Oh no! You're joking!
Bob: I wish I was, Noelia, I wish I was. I was never the same after that winter. And my leg is still bad today.
Noelia: Really? I'm sorry to hear that. Poor you.
Bob: But it's not all bad. I met my wife in the hospital. She was the doctor who looked at my leg!
Noelia: No way!
Bob: It was love at first sight!
Noelia: Ah, that's brilliant!
Bob: Yes, and we're still in love 40 years later …
Noelia: So in the end, breaking your leg was the best thing that could have happened.
Bob: Yes, I suppose it was!
Ana: Hello again! Aww, I love a story with a happy ending! So, did you notice the useful phrases used for showing interest? Listen to me and then repeat.
Oh, I didn't know that you lived in Canada!
How cool!
Oh no, poor you.
You're joking!
Really?
I'm sorry to hear that.
No way!
That's brilliant!
Ana: Try and use some of these phrases the next time you want to show interest in English. Bye for now!
Fortunately, i have never broken my legs or arm
I've never broken any bones, but I've had one or two accidents.
I broke my leg when I was a kid. My father wanted to go to the shop with me and buy me an ice cream. He decided to ride there by bicycle. I was a passenger on a bicycle for the first time, and I accidentally put my leg into the moving wheel. So, my leg was broken, and we had to go to the hospital. Unfortunately, the ice cream was canceled.
Actually, I haven't ever broken my legs or arms.
Fortunately, I have never broken any bones of my body
really?
I've never broken my leg or arm.
I had never broken any bone in my body, but I had surgery in my two hands and my left shoulder! A lot of pain,,,
Yes, I have broken my arm when I was a teen. I was the goalkeeper in a football match, and this horrific fact happened. It was really painful. But the enormous curiosity and coincidence was that my brother, who was also playing with me, broke his arm in the exact match!
oh no! I can't imagine his mother, with two of her sons with his arms broken!