Conversation Lesson 12
 
 
 
 
Lesson 12 - Games

Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL) Language.
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Games

George: Say, Joe, do you play bridge?

Joe: No, I don’t play any card games. But I know how to play chess. How about you, George?

George: Well, I happen to be one of the best chess players around.

Joe: 0.K. Let’s play, then. We’ll see who’s the best.
Conversation Notes
  • Say
  • An interjection, used very informally as an attention getter.
  • I don’t play any card games
  • Notice there is a strong stress on card. It is normal for this word to be stressed, as it is the first element of the compound noun CARD games. The unusually strong stress here implies that, although the speaker doesn’t play card games, he does play other kinds of games (as, for instance, chess).
  • I know how to play chess
  • The idiom know how to, meaning to be capable of, to have the skill to do something, is widely used. For example: Do you know how to swim? He knows how to drive a car. I don’t know how to write.
  • How about you, George
  • In this case means Do you play chess, George?
  • one of the best chess players around
  • Meaning is one of the best chess players in this vicinity. Chess players is a compound noun, and therefore has the principal stress on chess.
Source: U.S. State Department
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