Showing interest
Do the preparation exercise first. Then watch the video and do the exercises to check your understanding and practise the language.
Preparation
Transcript
Ana: Hi! I'm Ana. Welcome to What to Say!
Do you know what to say when you want to show interest? Listen out for useful language for showing interest. Then, we'll practise saying the new phrases – after this.
Noelia: Morning, Bob.
Bob: Oh, good morning.
Noelia: It's so rainy today. The weather in this country is horrible!
Bob: Yes … yes … The weather was even worse when I lived in Canada.
Noelia: Oh, I didn't know that you lived in Canada, Bob. How cool!
Bob: One winter it was so cold and windy that I fell on the ice and broke my leg in three places.
Noelia: Oh no! You're joking!
Bob: I wish I was, Noelia, I wish I was. I was never the same after that winter. And my leg is still bad today.
Noelia: Really? I'm sorry to hear that. Poor you.
Bob: But it's not all bad. I met my wife in the hospital. She was the doctor who looked at my leg!
Noelia: No way!
Bob: It was love at first sight!
Noelia: Ah, that's brilliant!
Bob: Yes, and we're still in love 40 years later …
Noelia: So in the end, breaking your leg was the best thing that could have happened.
Bob: Yes, I suppose it was!
Ana: Hello again! Aww, I love a story with a happy ending! So, did you notice the useful phrases used for showing interest? Listen to me and then repeat.
Oh, I didn't know that you lived in Canada!
How cool!
Oh no, poor you.
You're joking!
Really?
I'm sorry to hear that.
No way!
That's brilliant!
Ana: Try and use some of these phrases the next time you want to show interest in English. Bye for now!
Have you ever broken an arm or a leg? What happened?
I’ve never broken my arm or my leg, and I hope I never do.
But once I fell on my elbow and got a small fracture, so I had to wear a cast. It happened at school: someone tripped me when I was going down the stairs. I even think I know who it was, but I didn’t say anything back then because I wasn’t completely sure. I think it was a classmate who was jealous of me. I don’t think he wanted to hurt me that badly, but that’s how it turned out. But it wasn’t a big deal - that’s life, things like that happen, and it's okay.
Thanks for your interest! I've never broken my arms or legs. That's my luck! I hope not to be happened this to me.
when l was a child, l was playing in the children's park. Someone was swinging but ı didn't know who they were . later the swing crashed into my head. My head was bleeding but it didn't brake.
When I was a kid, I broke my hand. I was playing soccer and fell.
No, I've never broken anything.
No, I have never broken my arm
No, I've never broken anything.
No I don't broke anything of my body
I never break my leg or my arm
I remember my childhood, that i am six years old, it's my first years's in scool, when i cross the road playing with my friends sudenlly a car came so fast and hit me, my leg and arm both are broken, i sufered for a year