Series 03 Episode 02
While you listen
While you listen
Elementary Podcasts are suitable for learners with different levels of English. Here are some ways to make them easier (if you have a lower level of English) or more difficult (if you have a higher level of English). You can choose one or two of these suggestions - you don't have to do all of them!
Making it easier
- Read all the exercises before you listen to the podcast.
- Look up the words in the exercises that you don't know in a dictionary.
- Play the podcast as many times as you need.
- Play each part of the podcast separately.
- Read the transcript after you have listened to the podcast.
Making it harder
- Listen to the podcast before you read the exercises.
- Only play the podcast once before answering the questions.
- Play the whole podcast without a break.
- Don't read the transcript.
Now, listen to the podcast and do the exercises on the following tabs.
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Activity 1
Put the phrases in the right place, depending on whether Carolina or Emily did them.
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Activity 4
How do you say hello to your friends? Do you shake hands? Kiss? Hug? Bow? Perhaps you wai like people do in Thailand!
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we shake hands when we first meet in China, and say how do u do! There r the rules of shaking hands, when female meet male,usually the female offer her hand first, and can not hold the whole hand, only fingers.
some little children they bow when they meet their grandparents.
Hello,I'm momo, from China.We seldom kiss when meet people except they are fall in love.
Hi. I am from Russia. Women in my country never shake hands, but often kiss each other if they are friends or relatives. Men prefer to shake hands or simply say hello.
Haya,
I am Kristýna from Czech Republic. When I meet friends I say: ,,Hello" or ,,Hi" usually but when I meet some people from family or good, old friends I kiss them. I am polite and I greet everyone, who I meet.
Hi, I'm from São Paulo, Brazil.
When we meet people we don't know very well we just shake hands, but when we meet friends and relatives we hug(anyone) each other and kiss(just females).
Bye!
Hello,
I came back from Clonmel located in Ireland , so I
Hi every one
when we met people we shake hands and say Peace upon you
with our friends and relatives of course we hung and kiss together
man with man and woman with woman.
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Thanks
Hello, I am from India. We generally shake hands and sometimes hug people to whom we met.
In our traditions when we meet people we just shake hands. if we meet our relatives we hug them and this only for men.
thanks
Hello
I 'm from Japon when we met a friends we shake the hands.
When we don't konows we say only Hello.