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!
Comments
Hi, when I was 11 years old, I broke my leg. I broke tibia and fibula in two places. I was skating and I fell on my leg. It was horrible because I had my leg in plaster during three - month.
No thanks a god it doesn't happened to me
I wished there was winter here in Angola.
At least I've never broken my leg. Haha!
No, I have never broken my leg or arm.
No, I have never broken an arm or a leg.
When i was young , my left arm was broken but it was ok. There was no deformity.
Yes, I broke my pair arms the right arm then the left arm for I was a child between six and eight years old, but it's not all bad that thing let me exempted from the Egyptian recruiting!
i never broke any leg or arm but i I had a terrible head injury when I ran into the ladder
Hello Sir, my name is shivcharan Shahani. i m watching your video and doing exercises.
But i have a problem in preparation section there are only tree sentence and the option is 9. So i think there is a technical error bcs it is not scrolling up
Hello Shivcharan,
In the Preparation task there are nine items and three categories. You need to add more than one item to each category. To do this, click on the item first, then click on the title of the category (which should be shaded dark grey). If you click on an item in the category then you will replace it with the new item; if you click on the category itself (the box) then you will add a new item without removing the old one.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
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