UNIT 10 • LESSON C AND D

LESSON C: WHAT WERE YOU SAYING?

• Conversation strategies
• Dealing with interruptions
• When you are talking to someone, you may need to interrupt the conversation (stop it for a
• short time).You can use expressions like these:
• Just a minute / second.
• Excuse me just a second.
• I'm sorry. Hold on (a second).
• Could / Can you hold on a second?
• A Juan and I went out to a fancy restaurant last night and . . .
• B Oh, just a minute. I've got another call.
• When you restart a conversation after an interruption, you can use expressions like these:
• What were you saying?
• You were saying?
• Where were we?
• What were we talking about?
 LESSON D: TEXTING

• Writing an article giving pros and cons

• When you write an article giving the good and bad things about a topic, you can use the
• following structure:
• • Write an introduction to the topic
• Video calling is becoming more and more popular, and some of my friends
• now call me every day.
• • Write about the advantages (the reasons for the ideas in your article)
• It's fun to video call with a close friend if you don't see him or her very often.
• • Write about the disadvantages (the reasons against the ideas in your article). Useful
• phrases are However, . . . and On the other hand . . .
• However, for friends from class, a quick text message or call is much better.
• On the other hand, video calls can be a problem