ACTIVE VOCABULARY

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 458.

Assignment 2. This role play is to meet your groupmates after the holiday and to discuss how their holidays were, whether or not they are ready to start up a new academic year, what their impressions of the first year are; which expectations they have; what problems they have (eg, where to live, etc.) Try to develop your ideas. Be ready to perform the role-play in class.

Conversation 2

Conversation 1

Assignment 1. Read the conversations aloud completing them with appropriate phrases. Then get ready to produce similar conversations in class with one of your groupmates.

Speaking Reinforcement

J o y c e. __________________! What are you doing?

B u f f y. There's a lot of weird people outside at night... I just feel better with you safe and sound inside, Mom.

J o y c e. You have no idea how much tired I'm and...

B u f f y. Well, then why don't you go upstairs and get into bed, and I can bring you some hot tea?

J o y c e. That's sweet! (suspiciously) What'd you do?

B u f f y. Can't a daughter just be concerned about her mother?

J o y c e. (seeing Angel) Hi.

A n g e l. __________________.

B u f f y. Oh! Okay... Um... Angel, uh, __________________. Mom, this is Angel. Uh, we __________ ________ each other on the way home.

A n g e l.__________________.

J o y c e. Delighted… What do you do, Angel?

B u f f y. He's my business associate. Uh, Angel's been helping me with my new project, you know I've been toiling there.

J o y c e. It's a little late for working. I'm gonna go to bed, and, uh, Buffy?

B u f f y. I'll say _________ _________and do the same!

J o y c e. (to Angel) __________________. (goes up the stairs)

B u f f y. (pretending) Good night! We'll hook up soon and do that project thing!

G i l e s: Olivia!

O l i v i a: Sorry I'm so late. The flight was a horror.

G i l e s: Bad weather?

O l i v i a: Baseball movie.

G i l e s (amused): Oh… so sorry.

O l i v i a: Yeah. That's enough small talk, don't you think?

(They kiss.)