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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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