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 Lesson
1 - Formal Greetings and Farewells
Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for
students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL)
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Formal Greetings and Farewells
Paul: Hello. How are you?
Don: Fine, thank you.
How are you?
Paul: Fine, thanks. Oh, excuse me—here’s my
bus. Goodbye.
Don: Goodbye. |
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Conversation Notes |
- Hello
- Good morning or good afternoon might also be used. They
are somewhat more formal.
- How are you
- Note the intonation. This how question is
one of the few instances in which a form of BE receives the primary sentence
stress.
- The replying speaker uses a different intonation
for this question than the first speaker used. The shift of stress onto you
points to that word as carrying the new or changed bit of meaning in this
question, which is otherwise identical to the question in the first line.
- Sometimes the replying speaker will answer simply,
“Fine, thank you—and you?”
- thanks
- Slightly less formal than thank you.
- Notice the contraction here’s (= here is).
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Source: U.S. State Department |
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Additional
Conversation Lessons |
 Conversation
This is a collection of 36 situational conversations
which focus on spoken American English in a relatively
natural way....these
lessons are for intermediate students. |
 Conversation
This is a collection of 30 situational conversations. Each conversation is
accompanied by language notes....these
lessons are for advanced students. |
 Conversation
English conversation lessons. 52
lessons covering pronunciation, speaking,
writing, and grammar topics....these
lessons are for beginning students. |
 Conversation
English conversation lessons. 30
lessons focusing mostly on communication and
grammar topics....these
lessons are for intermediate students. |
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