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Julia: Hi, Sammy.
Sammy: Well, Julia. Are you ... erm
Julia: Am I ...? Am I what?
Sammy: Are you ... OK?
Julia: Yes, Sammy. I'm OK.
Sammy: Yes, but ... I mean ... Are you doing anything tomorrow?
Julia: Why?
Sammy: Sorry, I know, you're probably busy tomorrow. Meeting someone already.
Julia: Yes. Maybe.
Sammy: Oh, I see. Sorry.
Julia: Yes, maybe I'm meeting someone. If he asks me.
Sammy: Great! Julia, would you like to go somewhere with me tomorrow?
Julia: Oh, I don't know, Sammy ... Yes, of course! I'd love to!
Sammy: Great!
Julia: What shall we do?
Sammy: I don't know. What about running?
Julia: Why? I hate running.
Sammy: OK. Well, what do you like doing? Oh, but not ...
Julia and Sammy: Cycling!
Sammy: I don't like cycling.
Julia: Do you like music? We could go to the opera.
Sammy: My dad loves opera. He listens to it all the time ...
Julia: Great, so ...
Sammy: But I can't stand it.
Julia: OK. OK. OK, so no opera. Great.
Sammy: What about sports? There's a football match in the afternoon.
Julia: I don't like football. It's noisy. And boring. Hey, why don't we go to the museum?
Sammy: Museum?
Julia: Oh. I see. 'Museums are boring'.
Sammy: What about the cinema?
Julia: Oh, so don't you want to talk to me?
Sammy: Of course I do!
Julia: But we can't talk in the cinema, Sammy.
Sammy: Oh, of course, you're right. Look, Julia, you don't want to go to the cinema, and you're not interested in watching football ...
Julia: Well, what about you? You don't understand opera. When you go to a museum, you go to sleep. You just want to ... run.
Sammy: Julia!
Julia: Look, Sammy, I'm sorry. I think we're too different. We just don't like the same things.
Sammy: No, I'm sure there's something we both like.
Julia: Yeah?
Sammy: Yeah. Probably ... Erm ... Oh, I know!
Julia: What? ... Of course! Shopping!
Sammy: Shopping?
Julia: I love shopping!
Sammy: Me too!
Julia: I know! We could go to the department store.
Sammy: Yeah, OK! And there's that new bookshop near to that ...
Julia: Yes! I'd like to go ...
- Task 1: Check your understanding 1
- Task 2: Check your understanding 2
- Task 3: Likes and dislikes 1
- Task 4: Likes and dislikes 2
- Task 5: Suggestions 1
- Task 6: Suggestions 2
Life is good!!!
I rarely asked someone out. But when I did, I just asked "Why don't we go somewhere tomorrow?".
Please explain about the signs "+, ++, - & --" in Task 3 and 4! I don't understand what I am supposed to do!
Hi Win Than Ngwe,
I'm sorry if the task isn't clear. We're checking language for likes and dislikes so the symbols mean as follows:
++ like a lot
+ like
- dislike
-- strongly dislike
Happy New Year!
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hi, Peter!
Thanks for your reply & Happy New Year, too!
I asked: What are you doing tomorrow? We could go somewhere?
I didn't ask someone out with me in my live.
I usually ask to my brothe or anyone his help anywhere ...
I don't understand about Task 3,4. Is anyone who can help me?
Hello AloraLuna,
Do you mean that you don't understand the answers or that you don't understand what you are supposed to do? We'll be happy to help - just let us know what the problem is.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team