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Conversation Lesson 18

Lesson 18 - Musical Instruments

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Musical Instruments

Anne: Listen! Somebody’s playing the piano.

Betty: Yeah, it sounds nice, doesn’t it? I wish I could play a musical instrument.

Anne: Don’t you play the violin?

Betty: No, but my sister does. Actually, she’s pretty good at it.

Anne: I took flute lessons for a couple of years, but I never learned to play very well. I guess I don’t have any musical talent.

Betty: Oh, that’s not true. You sing very well. I can’t even do that!

Conversation Notes

Yeah
An informal variant of yes. Doesn’t it? The falling intonation on this question tag shows that it is simply a conversational element not requiring an answer.
I wish I could
Note that could is a past tense form, as required after wish.
Don’t you play
The negative question implies that the speaker expects the answer to be affirmative. It is equivalent to You play the violin, don’t you? with a rising intonation on the final you.
my sister does
Does is a proverb, standing in place of the verb. The sentence means My sister plays the violin.
flute lessons
A compound noun, with the principal stress on the first word.

Source: U.S. State Department

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