Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 4

Unit 2 • Lesson C: She has a big collection, then.

Vocabulary
a background in design (n)
e-reader (n)
science fiction (sci-fi) (n)
song lyrics (n)
tablet (n)
do all the tourist things (v)
explore (v)
have a big collection of books (v)
have broad tastes in music / food / (v)
books
have similar tastes (in clothes) (v)
know everything (v)
put some thought into something (v)
see the sights (v)

Conversation strategies
Summarizing things people say
You can summarize the things people say to show you're involved in the conversation and are
following what they're saying:

A My sister likes to read. She likes music. She likes to cook, sew . . .
B She seems to have a lot of different interests.

Now
In conversation, you can use Now to introduce a follow-up question. It shows that you want to
move the conversation on to a different aspect of a topic:

A She doesn't really need anything.

B Now, doesn't she travel a lot?

© Cambridge University Press 2014 Unit 2, Lesson C, Page 1