The Boost

Unit 1 Part 1
(NOT) SHOWING INTEREST IN A
CONVERSATION

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UNIT 1
(NOT) SHOWING INTEREST
IN A CONVERSATION

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Today you will learn how

•To react to a speaker and

sound interested
•To react to a speaker and
conclude a conversation

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 GETTING STARTED

1. Do you like talking to new people?

2. How easy do you find it to start and

end a conversation with a stranger?
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 Conversation 1
(June and Nicola)

•Where are these people?

•Where is June going?
•Why is she going there?
•What are her plans?
•Why does the conversation end?
•Which of the two interested in
developing the conversation?
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 Conversation 1
(June and Nicola)

Now listen again.

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 .

What do we say if
we don’t understand?
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What we say if we don’t understand

Sorry?

Now listen again to Conversation 1.

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Now read and listen to conversation 1

June: Excuse me, does this bus go to the Royal Hospital?

Nicola: Yes, it does.
June: Oh good, thanks. Can I sit here? My sister’s in hospital. I’m
Nicola: going to visit her.
June: Mmm.
Nicola: It’s nothing serious. Just a small operation. She’ll be out
June: tomorrow.
  Right.
Nicola: Yes, my husband’s going to finish work early and then we’re
going to collect her. She’s going to stay with us for about…
This is my stop. Sorry, I have to go.

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 Work in pairs

Now practice the conversation

with your partner!
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 Conversation 2
(Harry and Tony)

• Who did Harry meet?

• What did he learn about Mr.
Simpson?
• Does Tony remember Mr.
Simpson? What exactly?
• Why does the conversation end?
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 Conversation 2
(Harry and Tony)

Now listen again.

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What we say if we don’t
understand

What did you say?

Now listen again to

Conversation 2.
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Now read and listen to conversation 2
Harry: Hi Tony, guess who I saw last night.
Tony: Who? Not Geoff?
Harry: No, Mr. Simpson. You know, our old history teacher.
Tony: Really? So what was he saying?
Harry: Nothing really. He remembered our class. He still lives
  near the school, but he’s going to emigrate to Canada
Tony: next year.
Harry: No way! He was such a nice teacher, wasn’t he?
Tony: Yeah, always happy. Anyway, then he started saying…
Listen, sorry Harry. I’m in a rush. I have to be at the
doctor’s at 11. Can I call you later?

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 Work in pairs

Now go ahead and practice the

conversation with your partner!
Exercises 16
Today you have learnt how

• To react to a speaker and

sound interested
• To react to a speaker and
conclude a conversation

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 SKILLS

WRITING
ACTIVE
SPEAKING
LISTENING
PASSIVE
READING

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 Homework

1. Make sure you understand the today’s

conversations without reading the script.
Listen as many times as need be.
2. Listen to one new conversation every
weekday and answer the questions in
Moodle.
3. (Bonus track) “I’ll follow the sun” by the
Beatles (lyrics included).
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That’s it for today!

End of Unit 1 20Part 1