Do the preparation exercise first. Then watch the video and do the exercises to check your understanding and practise the language.
Transcript
Ana: Hi! I'm Ana. Welcome to What to Say!
Do you know what to say when you want to keep a conversation going? Listen out for useful language for keeping a conversation going. Then, we'll practise saying the new phrases – after this.
Noelia: Hi, Bob!
Bob: Oh, morning, Noelia.
Noelia: So, what's new?
Bob: New, hmm, let me think. Hmm … Nothing much. Oh, hang on. My dog Bertie had his 14th birthday on Monday!
Noelia: Oh, he's getting old then?
Bob: I guess so … but not as old as his owner.
Noelia: Haha … er, anyway …
Bob: How about you, Noelia? How's it going?
Noelia: Great, actually. Yeah … all good.
Bob: By the way, I wanted to ask you, where in Spain are you from?
Noelia: I'm from Santander.
Bob: Oh, lovely. Wonderful to grow up near the sea.
Noelia: Yeah, it was perfect. Ah, I miss the sea.
Bob: I know what you mean. I used to live in Spain and I absolutely loved it.
Noelia: Really? I didn't know that, Bob!
Bob: Yeah, I had a little bar on the Costa Brava.
Noelia: Wow! So do you speak Spanish then?
Bob: Oh, not much. Ah, those were the days! Excuse me. Perdona, Noelia. Tengo que irme. Me necesitan en el segundo piso. ¡Hasta pronto! [Excuse me, Noelia. I've got to go. They need me on the second floor. See you soon!]
Noelia: Wow!
Ana: Hello again! Wow! Bob is full of surprises. So, did you notice the useful phrases used for keeping a conversation going? Listen to me and then repeat.
So, what's new?
Let me think ...
Nothing much.
Anyway …
How about you, Noelia?
How's it going?
By the way, I wanted to ask you ...
I know what you mean.
Really? I didn't know that!
Ana: Try and use some of these phrases the next time you want to keep a conversation going in English. Bye for now!
ı used to lıve near the sea but now I am living far from the sea. bacause ı married with my love and we left from our city.
I don't live near the sea. I live in the center of Ho Chi Minh city, a place far from the sea.
If you want a beach, you can visit Can Gio. It takes about 2 hour to get there. However, you can't swim . That beach is not suitable for swimming due to strong waves and underwater rocks.
I don’t live near the sea because I moved to Canada 6 months ago. However, I used to go to the beach when I lived in Peru. I grew up near the pacific ocean and enjoyed seeing the sunsets and sinking my feet into the sand. I was really happy with it.
I live near the sea, because I live in a city on the Adriatic sea, in the center of Italy, in front of the coast of Dalmazia.
No I am not living near the sea,but I used to travel to a stste next my state to go to the sea,ig is won wonderful.
I've always lived near the sea. Currently, I live 50 meters from the beach but I hardly ever go
And that's all.
No,I don't. I leave near the mountains. Now in the winter ,the mountains are covering by the snow. Everyone in my country are going to here for do different activities like skiing and playing with snow.
Usually, I don't live near the sea, but now I live near the sea during the last month in Pattaya, Thailand.
I think, it change my way of thinking about speaking .now I understand that speaking requires continous exercise, thank you....