Conversation Lesson 17
 
 
 
 
Lesson 17 - Discussing a News Story

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

Helen: Did you hear about that guy who was struck by lightning?

Mavis: You mean that man up in Maine?

Helen: That’s the one; the blind guy who could see again.

Mavis: I read about him in the paper this week. He’d been blind for about eight or nine years.

Helen: Uh huh. Wasn’t he also able to hear again after the lightning hit him?

Mavis: Right. He didn’t have to wear a hearing aid anymore.

Helen: I think it was a miracle!

Mavis: Me too!
Conversation Notes
  • Maine
  • state in the northeastern part of the United States
  • Uh huh
  • That’s right
  • Right
  • Correct
  • hearing aid
  • device to help deaf or partially deaf persons hear
  • Me too
  • So do I
Source: U.S. State Department
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