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 Lesson
14 - Sports
Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for
students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL)
Language. |
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Sports
Phil: Say, what’s your favorite sport?
Jack: Hmmm…
it’s hard to say. I like golf a lot—but
I guess
I like tennis better.
Phil: Do you play much tennis?
Jack: Yes, quite a bit.
How
about a game sometime?
Phil: Sorry. I’m strictly a spectator—football, baseball,
basketball, golf…I watch them all. |
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Conversation Notes |
- Say
- An interjection. See note, Lesson 12.
- Hmmm…
- A pause sound, indicating that the speaker is thinking
about what he is going to say.
- it’s hard to say
- Meaning is that’s a difficult decision to make; it’s
difficult to make a clearcut choice.
- I guess
- Meaning is I think (that).
- quite a bit
- Meaning is a lot, rather much.
- How about a game sometime
- Meaning is would you like to play sometime?
- Sorry
- This is a short way of saying something like No, I’m
sorry, but I don’t play tennis. Football, baseball, basketball, golf. Note
the series intonation, with the rising tone recurring on each item of the
series.
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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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