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in this lesson you’re going to learn new

more common ways to ask and answer the

question how are you in English you’ve

probably learned how are you and I’m

fine in textbooks before but in the

United Kingdom people will usually ask

this question and answer it in a

different way

first let’s review if someone says how

are you you can say I’m fine thanks I’m

fine thanks

here are some other ways to answer I’m

good thanks

this means about the same as I’m fine

thanks I’m good thanks we also have not

too bad you can use this if you are

feeling just okay or so-so not too bad

let’s look at our

again how are you this is the most well

known way of asking how someone is you

could use it when you want to be polite

but now let’s look at some different

ways to ask how someone is these ways

are more casual and much more common

first hi how are you doing hi how are

you doing all hey how’s it going hey

how’s it going all in an especially

casual situation you could say you’re

right

you all right

what if you’re not doing alright

although it’s the British way to say

you’re doing fine even if you’re not if

you feel comfortable with the other

person you could also choose to tell

them when you’re not doing fine you

could say not so good not so good

not great not great

all I’ve been better

I’ve been better

careful if you say one of these the

other person we usually ask why what’s

wrong then you will have to explain

however if you’re feeling particularly

well you could answer more

enthusiastically fantastic fan tastic

fabulous fab you loose or even I’m very

well indeed

I’m very well indeed

now it’s time for Gina’s tips because of

the popularity and influence of American

film and media some American phrases

have become common in the United Kingdom

as well how are you doing was originally

an American phrase but these days you

can hear it on either side of the pond

a teacher and a student are talking when

will the student go to the teachers

office I didn’t really understand

everything in today’s class okay do you

have any questions yes I have quite a

lot do you have time now I’m a little

busy now please come to my office in the

afternoon I’ll be there from 1:00 p.m.

to 4:00 p.m. all right I’ll be there at

2:00 p.m.

when will the student go to the teachers

office

a teacher and a student are talking when

will the student go to the teacher’s

office

I didn’t really understand everything in

today’s class okay do you have any

questions yes I have quite a lot do you

have time now I’m a little busy now

please come to my office in the

afternoon I’ll be there from 1:00 p.m.

to 4:00 p.m. all right I’ll be there at

2:00 p.m.

in this lesson you’re going to learn

some ways to get in touch with someone

after you’ve met them once already in a

lot of textbooks you’ve probably seen

the question what’s your phone number

it’s a very useful question but there

are two problems with it firstly it can

sound a little too direct especially

when talking to members of the opposite

sex and secondly people use the phone a

lot less these days than they used to

instead they might prefer to connect by

email or on a social network like

Facebook to start with though a simple

variation on what’s your phone number

that sounds a little less direct is

could I get your number

could I get your number we start the

sentence with could which softens a

request next say I then get and finally

your number which is short for your

phone number this question is slightly

casual but it can be used in almost any

situation these days many people prefer

to use email rather than the phone to

communicate asking someone for his or

her email address is also a little less

direct than asking for their phone

number could I get your email address

could I get your email address

we just took could I get your number and

replaced number with email address it’s

that simple

could I get your email address if

someone asks you either of these

questions you can reply by saying of

course my phone number is of course my

phone number is or of course my

email addresses of course my email

address is all of course it’s and then

say your phone number or email address

at the end recently many people have

started to use social networks like

Facebook or LinkedIn or online chat

services like Skype to communicate

people might ask you about these

especially if they are younger if

someone wants to connect with you

through one of these services they may

simply ask are you on followed by the

name of the service are you on Facebook

are you on Facebook are you on LinkedIn

are you on linked-in are you on skype

are you on skype to answer you can

simply say yes I am or no I’m not if you

respond with yes I am the other person

may ask how they can connect with you

and one of these services but if you

answer with now I’m not they won’t be

able to contact you if you still would

like to stay in touch with the person

you can say no but my email address is

or no but my phone number is and then

say your email address or phone number

by telling the other person a different

way they can contact you you’ll show

them that you want to hear from them now

it’s time for Gina’s tips if you ask

someone for their phone number their

email address or some other form of

contact information they will usually

give it to you if you’ve gotten to know

them a little beforehand if you ask them

too early in the conversation though

they may be hesitant about sharing that

information the key is to make sure you

talk for some time before requesting

this kind of personal in

Meishan in this lesson we learned how to

ask for a person’s contact information

you are at a train station where you’re

attempting to buy an express ticket from

a ticket machine which option should you

choose to buy an express ticket

which option should you choose to buy an

express ticket

the option on the bottom left is for an

express ticket you are at a train

station where you’ve just bought an

express ticket which train carriage row

and seat number are you in

which train carriage row and seat number

are you in

the ticket says that you are in train

carriage number one in the 8th row in

seat C you are at a train station where

you’re reading the train timetable for

an Express tickets that you’ve just

bought on which days are there no

Express trains running

on which days are there no Express

trains running

there are no Express trains running on

bank holidays and the third Sunday of

every month you’re on a platform at a

train station where you’re waiting for

your train suddenly a message appears on

the display what does the message on the

display mean

what does the message on the display

mean

the display reads the next train will

not stop you are at a train station

where you’re looking for the best exit

to catch a taxi which exit should you

take to get to the taxi rank

which exit should you take to get to the

taxi rank

you should take the east exit in order

to get to the taxi rank wanna speak real

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in this lesson you’re going to learn how

to ask what someone’s hobbies are

without using the word hobbies you’ve

probably seen the question do you have

any hobbies or what are your hobbies in

an English textbook before

however native English speakers almost

never use the word hobbies when asking

about them a much more natural way to

ask the same question is what do you do

for fun

what do you do for fun you can also ask

what do you do in your spare time what

do you do in your spare time so how

would you answer this question let’s

look at how native speakers would do it

the easiest way is to say I like to or

just I like followed by what you like to

do for example if you like watching

films you could say I like to watch

films or I like watching films I like to

watch films or I like watching films and

if you like golf you could say I like to

play golf or I like playing golf I like

to play golf all I like playing golf you

can emphasize how much you like your

hobby by adding a word like really in

front of like for example I really like

watching films on the other hand if you

want to play down how much you like

something you can say

kind of for example I kind of like

playing tennis now it’s time for Gina’s

tips if you don’t have any special

hobbies or you don’t want to be specific

a good way to reply is I like spending

time with my friends and stuff like that

I like spending time with my friends and

stuff like that just use I like and add

spending time with my friends and then

add and stuff like that a man and a

woman are looking at a menu in a

restaurant what is the gentleman going

to order what are you going to order the

pizza looks delicious I think I’ll go

with that I had pizza yesterday so okay

then what about a hamburger sounds good

I’ll choose that

what is the gentleman going to order

a man and a woman are looking at a menu

in a restaurant what is the gentleman

going to order what are you going to

order the pizza looks delicious I think

I’ll go with that I had pizza yesterday

so okay then what about a hamburger

sounds good I’ll choose that

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