Lesson 46. Really? That's Amazing!

Being a Good Listener

Lesson 46; Part A

Listen and repeat these phrases - be careful with the intonation

you-see↑ Well↓ suddenly↑
you know↑ Аnywау↓ then↑
as usual↑
of course↑

Listen and notice the intonation where it is marked in the text. Important new parts of the story often have this intonation: ↓
Less important parts, or things we know about already, often have this intonation: ↑.

I was walking along the street↑ one day, on Tuesday↑, I think, and I sawa wallet↓ on the pavement↓. Well↓, I picked it up↑ and I thought: I'lltake it to the police↓, and I was in a hurry↓, you see↑, so I put it in mybag↑ and forgot↓ about it. And I went to work↑, as usual↑, and did theshopping↑, you know↑, and went home↑ and then↑ I remembered the wallet↓.Anyway↓, I took it out of my bag↑ and had a look inside↑, and there wassome money↑, and some cards↑, and tickets↑ and so↑ on, and a photo↓, and Ilooked↓ at the photo↑ and suddenly↑ I thought: I know↓ him↑ It was anold friend↓ from school↓, you see↑ and the last time I saw↑ him was years↓ago. Well↓, I looked in the wallet↑ and found his phone↑ number and phoned↓him, and he was pretty surprised↑, of соursе↑, but he remembered↓ me,and we're going to meet↓ tomorrow↓.

Listen again and repeat.

Lesson 46; Part B

Listen and repeat these phrases - be careful with the intonation.

Oh?↑         Sorry?↑                     What did you do?↓ That's great!↓
Really?↑    Whatt did you say?↑   What happened?↓   That's amazing!↓
Was it?↑   Yes.↑                                                      That's terrible!↓
Did you?↑

This time A is telling the story and В is listening. Listen and notice the intonation in B's sentences.
A: I was walking along the street↑ one day, on Tuesday↑, I think, and I sawa wallet↓ on the pavement↓.
B: Sorry↑? What↑ did you say?
A: I sawa wallet↓ on the pavement↓.
B: Oh↑? What did you do↓?
A: Well↓, I picked it up↑ and I thought: I'lltake it to the police↓, and I was in a hurry↓, you see↑, so I put it in mybag↑ and forgot↓ about it. And I went to work↑, as usual↑, and did theshopping↑, you know↑...
B: Yes↑ .
A: ... and went home↑ and then↑ I remembered the wallet↓.Anyway↓, I took it out of my bag↑ and had a look inside↑, and there wassome money↑, and some cards↑, and tickets↑ and so↑ on, and a photo↓, and Ilooked↓ at the photo↑ and suddenly↑ I thought: I know↓ him↑!
B: Really↑?
A: It was anold friend↓ from school↓, you see↑ and the last time I saw↑ him was years↓ago.
B: Was↑ it?
A: Yes. Well↓, I looked in the wallet↑ and found his phone↑ number and phoned↓him, and he was pretty surprised↑, of соursе↑, but he remembered↓ me,and we're going to meet↓ tomorrow↓.
B: That's great↓!

Listen again and say B's part, together with the recording.

Exercises

1 Fill the gaps with the phrases in the box.

Fill the gaps with the phrases in the box.

That's amazing! Did↑ you? What happened? That's terrible! Yes↑? What did you do? Sorry↑?

A: I was lying in bed↑ last night, round about midnight↑, and I heard a knock at the door↓.
B: Oh↑? ___________What did you do↓?
A: Well↓, I went downstairs↑ ...
A: I was waiting for the bus↑ yesterday, as usual↑, and suddenly↑ I heard an explosion↓.
B: _______Did you↑?
A: Yes↓, and I thought, What's that↓!?
A: I was watching the news↑ one night, and suddenly↑ I saw myself↓ in the shopping↓ centre.
B: _______Sorry↑?
A: I said I saw myself↓, on TV↓!
B: _______That's amazing↓!
A: I left my wallet↓ on the bus today!
B: Oh, no↓! _______That's terrible↓!
A: Today↑ was awful↓!
B: Why↓? _______What happened↓?
A: Well↓, first the bus↓ was late, then ...
A: I was walking by the river↑ one day last week↑, down near the bridge↓, you know↑?
B: _______Yes↑.
A:And I heard a sort of loud noise↓ in the water↓...

Listen tocheck your answers. Check with the Key. Then listen again and repeat.

2 Fill the gaps with phrases from В part of the lesson.

Fill the gaps with phrases from В part of the lesson.

A: I was lying in bed↑ last night, round about midnight↑, and I heard a knock at the door↓. 46.2.jpg
B: Oh↑? ___________Did you↑?
A: Yes↓, and I thought, "That's unusual.↑ ".
B: ___________What did you do↓?
A: Well↓, I went downstairs↑, and looked through the window↑, and it was dark↑,of course↑, but I could see a bus↓ in the street, with its lights↑ off andno passengers↑, and a man↓ standing at my door, with a sort ofofficial-looking cap ↓ on his head.
B: ___________Sorry↑?
A: A cap↓, you know, like bus↓ drivers wear.
B: Oh↓, I see↓. ___________What happened↓?
A: Well↓,I opened the door↑, and he said, 'Mr Johnson↑?', and I said, 'Yes↑?' Andhe said, 'Here's your wallet↓. I finished work↓ at midnight↑ and I found↓it on my bus↓.' What do you think about that?
B: ___________That's amazing↓!

Listen to check your answers. (Different answers are possible. There isone possible version on the recording and in the Key.) Read B's parttogether with the recording. Then read A's part together with therecording.

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