Lesson 10. Small talk a

Lesson 10. Small talk

1. 
   a) How do you greet: a family member, a friend, a person you work with, a man/woman you don’t know, your teacher? Do you shake hands, bow, kiss, or just say hello ?
   

1. I usually shake hands with my family, friends, relatives and other peoples.

b) Work in groups. Compare answers.

2. a) R2.10 Listen to conversations 1-3. Match them to the people in the photo of David and Jane’s party (A-S). Do the people know each other?

b) Listen again. How do these people know David and Jane? Match 1-6 to a)-f).

1. 
   Sami C a) is David’s sister
   
2. 
   Celia B b) is a neighbor.
   
3. 
   Paula A c) met David and Jane in Africa.
   
4. 
   Simon F d) is one of Jane’s students.
   
5. 
   Stephen E e) works with David and Jane.
   
6. 
   Carlos D f) went to school with David
   

Real world Starting conversations.

3 a)R2.10 Read the questions. Then listen again and tick the ones you hear.

1. 
   How do you know David and Jane? +
   
2. 
   Do you live near here?+
   
3. 
   Didn’t we meet in Milan last year?+
   
4. 
   Do you know Pam Jones ?
   
5. 
   Where did you meet David ?+
   
6. 
   You’re a student at the English Centre, aren’t you?+
   
7. 
   Are you a friend of David’s?+
   
8. 
   What do you do?
   

Listen and check.

Small talk

b) Match the questions in 3a) to the reasons we ask them a)-d).

e) people you know 1,4 c) where people live 2,

b) meeting someone in the past 3,5 d) people’s jobs or studies 6,8

c) Check in RW2.1 p122.

4. R2.11 P Listen and practice the sentences in 3a)

How do you know David and Jane?

5 a) Match these ends of conversations to the people in the photo (A-C)

1.

A. Let’s keep in touch,.

B. Yes, sure. Here’s my email address.

A.Thanks a lot.Here’s mine.

B. Cheers. See you later, maybe.

2

A. It was nice meeting you

B. You too. See you at school, probably.

A. Yes, I’m sure we will.

3

1. 
   It was nice to see you again.
   
2. 
   You too. I hope we meet again soon.
   

1. 
   Yes, I hope so. Bye.
   

b) R2.12 Listen and check.

1. 
   R2.13 P Listen and practice the sentences in 6.
   

See, meeting, later, was, hope, keep

It was nice to see you again.

I hope we meet again soon.

It was nice see you.

Meeting you at school, probably.

Let’s keep in touch.

See you later maybe.

2. 
   a) Work in pairs. Writea conversation at a party. Use the phrases in bold from 3a; and the sentences from 6.
   

2. 
   Swap your conversation with another pair. Correct any mistakes.
   
3. 
   Role-play the conversation for a different pair of students.
   

R2.14 Look at the song IGot You Babe on p100.

Follow the instructions.

1. Know - grow

True - you

Rent - spent

Pot - got

spring - ring

Clown - around

Long - wrong

Mine - climb

Hand - understand

Walk - talk

Tonight - tight

Go - so
2. 1) know 2)grow 3) true 4) you 5) rent 6) spent 7) pot 8) got 9) spring 10) ring 11) clown 12) around 13)long 14) wrong 15) mine 16) climb 17) hand 18) understand 19) walk 20) talk 21) goodnight 22) tight 23) go 24) so