Cultural Tips Time In Britain, people place value on punctuality. They make great effort to arrive on time. If you agree to meet friends at three o’clock, you can bet that they’ll be there just after three. It is often considered impolite to arrive even a few minutes late. If you are unable to keep an appointment, it is expected that you call the person you are meeting. Taken from: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk
Task 6 Study the expressions below.
Persuading In the conversation between Virga and Denias, you find: Denias : ” Come on Virga”…”You’re not going to let me down, are you?” The expression above is commonly used in persuading someone. Here are other expressions. • Can I/Could I/Couldn’t I persuade you…? • How can I persuade you to…? • Couldn’t you be persuaded…? • Won’t you…, please? • I think it would be a pity if we didn’t…
Task 7 Listen to Virga persuading Denias to tell her the story before watching the play and complete the missing dialogues. Then practise the dialogue with your partner. The listening script is in the Appendix. Virga
:
Denias, you told me that the play is adapted from a fairytale. Have you heard or read the story? The title sounds so interesting.
Denias
:
Yeah, I have ever heard the story told by my English teacher.
Virga
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Denias
:
Hey, it’s not going to be interesting if you know the story!
Virga
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Interlanguage: English for Senior High School Students XII
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