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Additional Lessons |
 About These
Lessons
The following classroom lessons are great for students
who want additional conversation, listening, and reading
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Conversation Lesson -
Advanced
Level. Dialogs for everyday use.
Short situational dialogs for students of English as
a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL) Language with a
written conversation and a conversation notes
section.
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 Conversation Lesson
4 - Informal Introductions
(Advanced -
Conversation, Reading)
Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for
students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL)
Language. |
Informal Introductions
JIM: Who’s the tall woman next to Barbara?
CHARLES: That’s her friend Mary. Didn’t
you meet her at Steve’s party?
JIM: No, I wasn’t at Steve’s party.
CHARLES: Oh! Then let me introduce you to
her now. Mary, this is my friend Jim.
MARY: Hi, Jim. Nice to meet you.
JIM: You, too. Would you like a drink?
MARY: Sure, let’s go get one. |
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Conversation Notes |
- “Who’s” is the contracted form of who is. It is
pronounced the same way as “whose” (/ huwz/), but the meaning is different.
- Didn’t you meet her …? Notice that this is a negative
question. Charles thought that Jim had met Mary before. He is now surprised
that Jim does not know Mary, and so he uses a negative question to show his
surprise.
- I wasn’t at Steve’s party. Notice that the emphasis here
is on “at” although prepositions normally have weak stress. In this case,
“at” means “there” (I wasn’t there).
- Mary, this is my friend Jim. This is a friendly way to
introduce two people. It’s common to follow this with “Jim, this is Mary.”
In this case, Mary says “Hi, Jim” first.
- Nice to meet you. This is a typical response after
you’ve been introduced to someone.
- “Sure” is often used in informal conversation to mean
“yes.”
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Source: U.S. State Department |
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