Learn English Conversations Elementary Level

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nature and the environment unit 1 a

picnic by the river

this is a good spot let’s stop and have

our picnic next to the river good idea

walking always makes me hungry I’m ready

for lunch we can sit here on the grass

oh no someone forgot to throw these

empty paper bags away there is litter

everywhere why do people always leave

litter around it’s not a nice thing to

do it spoils other people’s picnics I

think they are lazy or maybe they just

don’t care look there are some empty

cans and glass bottles under that tree

two people should clean up before they

leave and not leave litter lying around

that’s right well after our picnic let’s

pick up all the litter we can and take

it out of here okay and next week let’s

come back with friends and pick up some

more good idea unit 2 let’s recycle

hi Jane have you heard about the new

laws to help people recycle I heard

about them on the news last night I

don’t think I like them the government

wants to keep the environment clean by

recycling paper metal and glass instead

of throwing these things away but who

wants to pay an extra 50 cents each time

you buy a cup of coffee that’s a lot of

money 50 cents it’s only five cents

extra for a paper cup I thought it was

50 cents no it’s only five cents don’t

worry and you can get your money back

when you return the cup that’s fair well

maybe the government is right after all

I’ll return all the paper coffee cups I

use from now on good we all need to

recycle it helps to keep the environment

clean

unit three growing roses

excuse me ma’am I have a problem with my

rosebush it used to produce a lot of

pink roses but now it doesn’t produce

any flowers at all I see that does seem

like a problem do the leaves on the

plant look healthy

not really the leaves used to be very

green now most of them have turned brown

well I think your rosebush needs some

fertilizer okay

what sort of fertilizer do you think I

should use this liquid fertilizer is

very good it will help make your rose

leaves green again then the plant should

produce roses quite soon the fertilizer

costs about $10 how long will it take

for my rosebush to recover about two

weeks I think great I’ll take it thank

you so much for your help

you’re welcome unit for bird-watching

I want to go bird-watching tomorrow do

you know a good area for birds there is

a quiet park near here there are always

many beautiful birds there will I be

able to see different types of birds in

this area yes I think so if you use

binoculars you can see the birds even if

they are far away great I have a book

about all the different types of birds

it seems as if you really like

bird-watching yes I do would you like to

come with me tomorrow no thank you

I think bird-watching is boring that’s

not true birds are very interesting some

birds have colorful feathers some birds

sing beautiful songs some birds make

special nests to lay eggs in really

maybe I will go bird-watching one day

after all unit 5 trees in the forest

there are many forests in North America

there are many trees in these forests

some of these trees are more than 200

feet tall some are over 500 years old

several kinds of trees grow in these

forests fir cedar and pine are three

these trees grow in different areas some

grow in forests some grow on the

mountains people who lived in this place

long ago use these trees to make things

out of wood

many of these trees are now in special

areas these areas are called forest

reserves or national parks some parks

charge a small entrance fee visitors

must pay the fee to enter the parks then

they can walk among the beautiful old

trees they must take care not to damage

the trees we should all take care of

forests

Science and Technology unit 6 an easy

way to shop

hey Steve look at my new mp3 player Wow

it looks cool where did you buy it I

bought it online at an electronics

website I’m not very good at using a

computer is it hard to buy things online

it’s really easy all you do is go to the

website and choose the item you want to

look at there are so many items to

choose from on the website after you

choose what you want to buy you click on

the checkout button that does seem easy

yes it is it only takes about a week for

your item to come of course if you are

in a hurry you can pay more to get it

sent faster do you pay for the item when

it comes no you have to pay for it

online with a credit card unit 7

cellphone messages

I need to check my messages how are you

going to do that we are in the middle of

the freeway I’m going to use my cell

phone haven’t you ever done that no I

just use my cell phone to talk to other

people now you can also use a cell phone

to send and receive short text messages

it’s very useful how do you send a

message that way I just use the keys on

the phone to type a short message then I

press the send button it’s cheaper than

making a phone call that’s a great idea

you can save both time and money that

way right

all my friends usually send me text

messages now thanks for telling me about

this I’ll have to try it you’re welcome

I think you’ll find it useful unit 8

bubbles in boiling water

where do the bubbles come from when you

boil water water is a liquid when it is

heated it moves around faster and faster

when it starts to boil the liquid turns

into a gas this gas is called water

vapor this gas is lighter than the water

around it it rises to the top then it

disappears into the air as the water

gets hotter and hotter it starts turning

into gas very quickly a lot of bubbles

form at the same time all these bubbles

try to escape at once the bubbles pushed

the water out of the way and jump out

this is what we call boiling water more

and more water turns into gas more of it

disappears into the air after a while

every drop of the water will be gone try

it and soon

unit 9 the blue sky

Joe asked me something about science

just now but I didn’t know the answer

I’m good at science ask me okay why is

the sky blue I’ll explain it in a simple

way light comes through the air from the

Sun in waves the light is in many colors

right right blue light waves are smaller

than air molecules they sometimes get

absorbed by these molecules okay

what happens then then the blue light

waves scatter in many directions your

eyes see this blue light from above you

after it leaves the air molecules so

that is what makes the sky blue what

happened to the other colors they

reflect off the things that they hit

your shirt is red because our eyes see

the red light reflected from it

now I understand why the sky is blue

unit 10 a new camera

just bought a digital camera what is

wrong with your old camera nothing I

bought this one because I want to store

my pictures on my computer I see I can

also delete pictures that are not very

good I don’t have to print them I like

to print all my photos that’s why I like

the old cameras oh you can print digital

photos too many shops will print them

for you really yes you can even buy a

good printer and do it from home that

seems easy how do you store these

digital pictures you can store the

pictures on your computer but you might

run out of space I save all the pictures

I like on compact discs you can store

more than 700 photos on one CD great

maybe I should get a digital camera too

art and culture unit 11 gold gold has

been a part of many cultures for

hundreds of years people made coins and

jewelry with gold

Gold is a soft metal it is easy to shape

into sheets long wires or rings people

sometimes mix gold with other metals

this makes the gold harder then it can

be made into beautiful jewelry

why do we value gold so much it has a

special color no other metal is a bright

yellow we also value gold because it is

rare a rare thing is hard to find even

after hundreds of years gold is still a

precious metal now it is still valued

for its beauty it is still rare today

banks store gold in the form of bars its

value is more than six hundred dollars

per ounce gold is more useful now than

ever before

unit 12 the summer music festival

have you heard about the music festival

next summer I read that it is going to

have about 20 different bands playing in

it I think I did hear someone talking

about it are you planning on going I’ll

go if I can get tickets I heard that

people are going to line up overnight to

get tickets

I might line up overnight - I don’t

think I want to line up all night long

well I’m going to do it I think it is

going to be a great music festival that

I won’t want to miss maybe do you know

how much the tickets are going to cost

I’m not sure but I think each ticket

will be about 75 dollars that’s a lot of

money I don’t think I want to spend that

much on a ticket good luck anyway

unit 13 the school play

are you going to the school play on

Saturday night the school play I didn’t

know there was going to be a play on

Saturday night yes I heard about it in

English class yesterday I think it will

be really good who told you about it

Ms Martin our English teacher told us

all about it this is the drama club’s

first play of the year

what is the play about I hope it’s

nothing boring can you guess what it is

oh come on tell me please it’s The Sound

of Music

really I watched the sound of music on

TV last month it’s very good are you

sure of course I’m sure that’s what miss

Martin said would you like to watch the

play with me on Saturday night that

would be great let’s go early so we get

good seats

unit 14 ballet class

hi Cindy where are you going good

afternoon mrs. white I’m going to ballet

class

ballet class I didn’t know you were

studying ballet how long have you been

studying ballet today is my first day

and I don’t want to go my mom and dad

want me to learn ballet I’m not sure I

want to learn how to dance I used to

learn ballet too when I was your age now

I teach ballet in a dance school oh I

didn’t know that where do you keep your

classes down the street at easy steps

Dance Academy

ballet is fun to learn and it’s a very

graceful dance you’ll need to learn the

steps and practice a lot of course but I

think you’ll enjoy it

I hope so well go and have some fun

dancing unit 15 Monet’s garden

Claude Monet was a great artist he was

the first of a group of artists called

the Impressionists this group of artists

thought about how things in the world

made them feel they tried to show this

in their work this way of painting shows

how light can change shapes and colors

Monet did a lot of his work outdoors he

wanted to show how daylight made things

look many of his paintings are of

gardens

he liked to paint flowers and trees he

loved to paint in his own garden his

garden was in a village he lived there

for many years

today many visitors come each year to

this garden they come from all over the

world most of them are art lovers or

artists they come to see the place that

Monet loved so much

leisure and entertainment unit 16 a

haunted house

no it’s raining I wanted to go to the

beach today

well I’m visiting a haunted house this

afternoon you can come with me if you

like a haunted house what is it like

it’s really dark with lots of old

furniture and pictures on the walls it’s

called a haunted house because it’s full

of ghosts you’re joking right I don’t

believe in ghosts we’re at the haunted

house the house is in the old forest oh

are you really sure you want to go

what’s wrong I thought you didn’t

believe in ghosts well I don’t really

believe in ghosts though that’s okay I

don’t believe in ghosts either I was

only joking the old house isn’t really

haunted it’s just a very old empty house

please I’m glad to hear that

sure I’ll come with you unit 17 a

big-screen TV

I’m thinking about buying a big-screen

TV wow I’ve seen those in the store they

cost a lot of money can you afford to

buy one they do cost a lot of money but

I really enjoy watching TV I think it’s

much more fun to watch TV shows on a big

screen I’ve never watched TV on a big

screen do you think the quality of the

picture is good

yes the quality is great when you watch

soccer games you feel like you are right

there on the field when you buy the TV

can I come over to your house then I can

enjoy watching TV on the big screen with

you I have to save some money to buy the

TV first it will be a few months before

I can afford to buy it

unit 18 he’s famous

you going to the new Tim Cross movie

tonight

I don’t know it looks kind of boring

really I think it looks quite

interesting

besides Tim Kraus is a famous actor he

may be famous but I don’t think he’s a

very good actor he always acts in the

same sort of movie he never does

anything different well at least you

think he’s good-looking right no not

really

he always looks so sleepy but most girls

think he’s handsome maybe that’s why he

is so famous none of my friends think he

is good-looking at all I used to like

him a few years ago but now I think he’s

not handsome at all hey I just got a

haircut

to try to look more like him well that

explains why I don’t like your new

haircut unit 19 a housewarming party

hi Steve thanks for coming to my

housewarming party hello sue thanks for

inviting me to see your lovely new home

it’s beautiful

thank you I’m glad you like it did you

decorate your house all by yourself

yes I did I traveled around Europe last

year I got some beautiful furniture for

my house there do you plan to go on a

new trip this summer yes I am planning

to visit China that’s great how long

will you be there I will be there for a

month you can find some beautiful things

in China for your new house you should

go shopping while you are there of

course it will be fun to go shopping

there by the way please help yourself to

the refreshments Thanks the food looks

delicious

unit 20 making music

do you like to listen to music music is

made up of sound people all over the

world like music people have liked it

for hundreds of years people who write

music are called composers most of the

time a composer does not sing or play

his own music he writes it all down in

the form of notes those who know how to

read music can understand these notes

this is how people can sing the song or

play it

lots of people like to play music music

can be played on instruments there are

many types of musical instruments some

of these are the piano the violin and

the drum people can make music as a

group a choir is a group of people who

sing an orchestra is a group of people

who play musical instruments school and

family unit 21 where is your homework

did you finish your homework for English

class homework

there wasn’t any homework we had to

finish reading a book and then write a

200 word essay on it I don’t think miss

Jones gave us any homework

I always write what I have to do in my

notebook

did she really tell us to write an essay

yes look here’s my essay

see oh no what am I going to do

we’ve only got ten minutes before class

starts I don’t know maybe miss Jones

will let you hand it in tomorrow hey let

me copy your essay I’ll change a few

words miss Jones will never know no I’m

sorry

that’s not the right thing to do oh come

on I thought you were my friend I am

your friend that’s why I’m not letting

you copy my work unit 22 after-school

activities

will you play any sports this school

year I want to play hockey but I’m not

sure if I will have enough time I’m on

the school soccer team I’m also going to

take up swimming you’re going to be on

the soccer team and swim too

yeah that seems like a lot you will be

very busy do you think you will have any

free time I will play soccer with my

school team during the week I will go

swimming during the weekend when we you

have time to do your homework and when

will you study I do my homework after

school every day I study every weekend

my mother won’t let me play sports until

I have done all my work well I hope you

find enough time for both schoolwork and

sports good luck unit 23

arts and crafts class

hi mom I’m back from arts and crafts

class look at what I’m wearing

well you’re wearing a blue t-shirt and

jeans sure but what else am I wearing

oh those earrings are very pretty is

that what you’re learning to make this

week in arts and crafts class yes

we’re learning to make jewelry from

beads this week the beads come in

different colors and shapes first we

decide what sort of jewelry we want to

make then we choose the beads we want

and string them on transparent plastic

wire that sounds like a lot of fun yeah

Tom made a bead necklace for his sister

and I made some earrings

guess what bomb I made a pair of

earrings for you too oh these are very

pretty thank you very much next week I’m

going to make a necklace unit 24

grandfather’s birthday

hi mom guess what we got our English

test back today I got the highest score

in my class Oh Billy I’m glad you did so

well you were tied for that test thanks

mom I’m hungry what’s for dinner we’re

going to your aunts place for dinner

tonight

it’s your grandfather’s birthday today

remember oh no I forgot I haven’t got a

birthday gift for grandpa don’t worry I

got a gift for him yesterday from the

three of us anyway your English test

score is a good gift for your

grandfather the whole family will be at

the party tonight

all Euron’s uncles and cousins are

coming I haven’t seen the whole family

in a long time well you’ll see them

tonight now hurry up and get ready okay

when are we leaving

when your father gets home from work

unit 25 the lesson

there was once a man who lived with his

two sons the two sons were always

fighting with each other one day the man

decided to teach his sons a lesson the

man gave his younger son two large

sticks he told the boy to break them the

boy tried hard but he could not break

the sticks the older son also could not

break the sticks at last the man gave

only one stick to each son

he said break them each son broke his

stick easily

and said you are like these sticks if

you work together no one can break you

but if you fight with each other all the

time

one day someone will break both of you

after that lesson the son stopped

fighting they started to work together

people and work unit 26 a problem at the

office

I had a big problem at the office today

what happened I could not use my

computer all day was it because of a

virus yes I opened a file that had a

virus oh no you must be careful when you

open files in your email a virus can

make your whole computer crash it was an

accident I didn’t know the file had a

virus I’ll be more careful next time

what did you do next I asked a computer

repairman to come to the office he

worked all day to repair my computer but

the real problem is that I may have lost

some of my work don’t worry your work is

probably still on your computer I can

help you get it back next time

make sure you have backup files just in

case it happens again unit 27 my future

job

what do you want to be when you grow up

Mike I want to be a teacher I think I

would like to help children learn well

you know teachers work very hard and

they are not paid much money I don’t

care about money teaching is an

important job what’s that Jack do you

want to teach I want to teach

mathematics like Miss Kim she makes

learning fun I didn’t know that I would

like math so much until I joined her

class now mathematics is my favorite

subject if you want to teach math you’ll

have to work hard and learn it well no

problem I got an a on the mathematics

examination last week with good teachers

like MS Kim learning is easy I want to

be a teacher too but I want to teach

English not math unit twenty eight

shopping

we are having a summer sale everything

is 50% off the normal price really

everything yes everything is on sale

including sunglasses hats and bags all

the summer clothes are on sale too I do

need some new sunglasses

I lost mine when I went to the beach

this summer oh these are really nice

what is the price of these there is no

price tag on them well sir there’s no

price tag on those sunglasses because

they are mine really I would like to get

a pair of sunglasses just like these

where did you get them actually I got

them for $15 at super glasses there is a

super glasses store in this mall isn’t

there yes but let me show you the

sunglasses we have on sale no thanks I

think I’ll just go to super glasses

unit 29 a part-time job

I want to find a part-time job do you

have any ideas about where I should look

for work have you looked in the

newspaper there are lots of job

advertisements in the newspaper yes I

have but there were no jobs I was

interested in did you search on the

internet many companies put job

advertisements on the Internet

no I haven’t looked on the Internet

I don’t know what I should search for

there are many websites that have job

postings that you could look at you

could also search for the type of job

you are interested in okay thanks for

telling me what I need to do I’ll start

my internet search right now I have a

list of some websites you could start

looking at those first that might save

you some time that would be very useful

Thanks

unit 30 t m– work

people work together as a team they can

achieve a lot you can easily get things

done when you share the work we practice

teamwork in my family both my parents

have jobs my father is a doctor my

mother is a teacher both of them work

long hours all week my brother is a

student at college I am a student in

school we all have very busy lives so

when it comes to household choice we all

work together to get them done each of

us has different choice my parents take

turns to cook my father takes out the

trash my mother does the laundry

my brother washes the dishes I sweep the

floor we share the chores and work

together everything gets done fast

people should practice working as a team

teamwork works

sports and he’ll unit 31 the marathon

did you want the Boston Marathon yes I

went to Boston to see it you were in

Boston for the marathon that’s right

my friend is a runner so I went there to

watch her run we traveled to Boston

together you are so lucky which part of

the marathon did you see I watched the

entire race from start to finish I don’t

know how the runners can finish the

whole race it’s so long and difficult I

could never do something like that I

tried to run a marathon once it was

really difficult I just can’t run like

my friend can yes running a marathon is

not an easy thing to do by the way how

did your friend do in the race she did

quite well she was not the fastest

runner but she was in the top 50

unit 32 racquetball

racquetball is a popular sport it was

first played in the US this game started

just a little more than 50 years ago

that makes it quite a new sport

other racquet sports like tennis and

squash have been played for a long time

racquetball rules are a mix of rules

from both handball and squash a short

racquet is used to play this game

this game became popular almost at once

when it first came out more and more

people wanted to play it clubs began to

build racquetball courts they built

these cords for players of this new

sport

people of all ages can play this game

but most players today are young people

most of them are between the ages of 12

and 34 racquetball is now a famous sport

it is played all over the world

unit 33 summer sports

Alice what have you been doing you look

tired

I stayed up late last night to watch the

Olympics we want a gold medal for men’s

basketball we also won the silver medal

for women’s tennis that’s great

what about gymnastics then then steam

didn’t do so well but the women’s team

won the silver medal I haven’t had much

time to watch but I saw the opening

ceremony what have you been doing this

summer I’ve been playing baseball and

taking swimming lessons I like to watch

baseball maybe I can come and watch your

team play sometime when do you usually

play we have a game this weekend why

don’t you come and watch us play in the

park sure just let me know what time the

game starts see you later bye

unit 30 for inline skating

oh my legs are so sore really what did

you do during the weekend I went inline

skating with my friends at the park did

you have fun yes I did but it was also

my first time so it was really difficult

I was scared that I would fall down

after a short time my muscles were

really tired next time will be easier

you just need more practice what about

you what did you do during the weekend

actually I also went inline skating I go

every weekend with my father

we usually skate about 20 kilometers

each time Wow

how can you skate so far your muscles

must be really strong I’ve been skating

for three years now you could skate that

bike you you just need to build up your

muscles let’s go skating together next

weekend okay unit 35 the Olympics

the Olympic Games are a famous world

sports event these games are held once

in four years there are Summer Games and

winter games people come from countries

all over the world to compete in the

games these games started a long time

ago in Greece in those days only men

took part in them there were only a few

sports events now women take part in the

Olympic Games too there are team sports

like basketball

there are martial arts like judo more

and more types of sports are in the

games each time they are held it is very

hard to win a medal at these games only

world champions take part in the

Olympics

those who compete must work hard for

years their bodies must be very fit they

must be the best to win medals in these

games travel and transport unit 36 a

bicycle trip

I’m planning to go on a bicycle trip

around Europe why do you want to go on a

bicycle trip it is an environmentally

friendly way to travel what do you have

to do in order to go on a bicycle trip

before the trip I’ll need to ride my

bicycle a lot that will make me fit and

strong I also need to get some equipment

what kind of equipment will you need

I need road maps of the countries I am

going to visit

I also need strong bags to carry clothes

and food I need to carry all these

things on my bicycle are you traveling

with another person yes I am going with

a friend of mine he likes bicycle trips

I wish I could go on a bicycle trip too

well don’t get too many flat tires unit

37 driving down south

isn’t it great that there aren’t any

classes on Monday we have a three-day

weekend that’s right do you have any

special plans my family is taking a trip

to Las Cruces I’m really looking forward

to it have you ever been there no but

I’ve heard about it is it nice

yes there are so many things to see the

city is famous for its nuts what kind of

nuts pecans

there are many pecan trees growing in

and around the city I like pecans how

far away is life cruisers from here it

only takes about four hours by car if

you use the freeway and drive directly

south that certainly makes for an easy

trip when are you leaving we’re going on

Saturday morning we’ll be back on Monday

evening have a nice time bring me some

pecans

unit 38 the travel agent

I want to go on a trip to China how long

do you want to stay four or five days we

have a very good package tour that is

for four days and three nights okay what

can you tell me about it

well you’ll fly directly to Beijing your

tour guide will meet you at the airport

and take you to your hotel over the four

days you will do a lot of sightseeing

you will see many famous landmarks like

the Summer Palace the Forbidden City and

the Great Wall of China that sounds

great

what sort of transport will we use to

get from one place to another you will

take a bus with your tour group okay can

i book this package tour now there will

be five of us going on this trip

sure unit 39 taking the train

you’re so lucky Marian you’re leaving

for Hawaii in five hours

I never travel because I hate flying in

airplanes

I don’t like buses either that doesn’t

matter Dean there are other ways to get

around you should take the train

somewhere that’s true it’s been a long

time since I last traveled I’ve always

wanted to take a long train trip what’s

stopping you go to the travel agent now

and ask about train trips what do you

think the fares are like I’m not sure

what train fares are like now I think it

depends on your destination that’s a

question you’ll have to ask a travel

agent can you suggest a good person to

talk to my travel agent is always very

helpful here is his phone number

Thanks I’ll call him right now where’s

the phone

unit 40 go on a cruise are you sick of

long road trips in a car do you find

long trips in an airplane boring do you

want to travel in a special way you

should take a cruise to all the places

you would like to see go by cruise ship

to the northeast part of the u.s. go

late in the year then you can enjoy the

colors of the autumn leaves on the trees

it is a beautiful sight

do you like to look at man-made wonders

go on the cruise to the Panama Canal do

you want to see icebergs do you want to

look at seals and whales go on a cruise

to Alaska wherever you may choose to go

a cruise is a great way to travel book a

trip on a cruise ship today you will

love it