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Session 9
Listen to find out how to respond to news.
α°α ααααα¨α αα α₯αα΄α΅ ααα½ αα΅α α΅ α₯αα°αα»α ααα¨α΅ αααα α«α³αα‘α’
αααααα«α΅ 9 αα₯α₯α’
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Activity 1
How do I respond to news?
Listen to find out how to respond to news.
ααα α₯αα΄α΅ αααα΅ α₯αα°αα»α αααα
αααα α«α³αα‘α’
ααα΅αα αααα³α¨α αααα α«α³αα‘α’ α¨αα«α α¨α³α½ α«αα α αα αα α«αα³αα©α΅α’
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
αα° ‘How do I…’ ααα
α³α½α α₯αα³α α α°α
α αα‘α’ α¨ααααα₯αα½α α₯α αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄α α³α ααα’
Sam
Welcome, everybody! Hello.
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
α αα
ααα
α³α½α α°αα½ α αα³α½ αα α²ααα©α ααα½ α΅αααα°α₯α£αΈα ααααΆα½ α₯ααα«ααα’ α΄αͺα΅ α₯α ααα α¨ααααα‘α΅α αΆα΅α΅ αααα α αα³αα₯ α₯ααααα’ α¨αα«αα©α΅ ααα
α ααα α«ααα΅ α αα΅αα€ αα α₯ααααα³ααα’ αα αα α¨α΄αͺα΅α αα α«α³αα‘α αα αααα΅ αα°α 'test' α₯αα°αα°α° ααα΅αα’
David
I’m nervous. I'm taking my driving test this afternoon!
Megan
Good luck! Hope it goes well.
David
The driving test was terrible. I failed!
Megan
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Better luck next time!
David
The driving test was fine this time. I passed!
Megan
Well done. Congratulations!
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
α΄αͺα΅ α¨αα°α°α α¨ααα ααα΅ αα°α ααα’ α΄αͺα΅ α¨α°αα«α¨ αααα΅ αα α²αα¨α ααα αα₯α«αα³αα± αα α αα© ααα³ ααα½ αα΅α α΅ α αα£α΅α’
α ααααͺα«α αααα α΄αͺα΅ α¨ααα ααα΅ αα°α ααα°αα΅ α₯αα°ααα΅α°α αααα ααα―α³αα’ α°ααα α«α³αα‘α€ ααα α¨α°α ααα»αΈα ααα΅ αα¨αα½ ααα΅α ααΈα?
Good luck! Hope it goes well.
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
ααα 'Good luck!' α₯αααα½α’ ααα«α αα΅α ααα΅ ααα’ 'Hope it goes well' α₯ααα½α’ αα€α± α₯α© α₯αα°ααα α°α΅α α αα ααα΅ ααα’'Hope it goes well' αα΅α₯ α«αα ‘it’ α¨α΄αͺα΅α αα°α α«αααα³αα’ α΄αͺα΅ α¨α αα΅ α αα αα°α αα α¨α α₯αα΄?
Sam
You would say 'they' – 'Hope they go well!'
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
α₯ααα
α ααα΅ αα¨αα΅ ααα α αα΅ αα α αααΈααα’ α αα°α α₯αα΄ α³α?
Sam
Oh no, you can just say one!
Now, let's practise the pronunciation! Repeat after me:
Good luck!
Hope it goes well!
Let's listen to Megan again. This time it's bad news!
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Better luck next time.
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
α ααα ααα΅ αα¨αα½ α ααα’ αα¨α₯α»αΈα αααα α αα΅ αα ααα αααΈα α₯αα½αααα’ ααα α΄αͺα΅ αααα«α΅ αα₯α αα α αααα³ ααα½ α°α₯α³αα½α’
Sam
…and if you want to make this stronger, say: 'I'm so sorry to hear that!'
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
α ααα°αα αααα 'Better luck next time' α₯ααα½α’ α αα£α α α ααα ααα αα
ααα΅ ααα’ αα
αα α α£α£α α²α αα α₯ααα α«α΅ααααα’ α αα΅ α°α αα¨α« α α΅αα α³αα³α«αα΅ α²αα α₯α» αα αα ααα΅ α¨ααα£αα’ ααα³α α αα΅ α°α αα»α α’αα΅α α΅ α α£α£αα αα αα α αα½ααα’
Sam
Quick practice of pronunciation – repeat after me:
I'm sorry to hear that.
Better luck next time.
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
α αα α°αα αααα«α αα ααα½ α¨αα°α₯α£αΈαα αα¨αα½ α°ααα α«α³αα‘α’ Here's Megan.
Well done. Congratulations!
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
'Well done' α¨αααα α₯αα°αα«ααα΅ α₯αααα³ααα€ αααα«α±α α α₯α«αα³αα± ααα
α³α½α α₯α© α΅α« α²α«α¨ααα α α£α α₯α©/αα α α₯α«αα α₯αα α¨α³α³αα³ααα’
Sam
Yes! You can also say 'Good work!', 'Good job!', 'Excellent!', 'Amazing!', 'Wonderful!'
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
'Congratulations α¨ 'Well done' α α αα α¨αα«α΅αααα α΅ αα α αα’ αα°ααα£ αα
α²ααα΅ α₯α α¨α΅α« αα΅αα΅ α²αα α«αααααα’
Sam
Absolutely! Time to practise the pronunciation. Repeat after me:
Well done!
Congratulations!
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
α°αα½ ααααα―α½α αααα½ α₯αα΄α΅ ααα½ α₯αα°αα΅α°α‘ α°αα«α½ααα’ α αα ααααα α°αα΅ αα α°αα΅ααα’
αα°αα α΅α α₯α£ 'lottery' α¨α°ααα¨α° αα α²αααα α«α³αα‘α’ ααα½ α¨αα°α‘α΅ α₯αα΄α΅ αα? αα αα α¨α³αα ααα½ α«α³αα£αα’
I just won the lottery! I'm so happy!
Sam
Congratulations!
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
Excellent! αα°αα α΅αα£α 'lost' α²ααααα΅ α«α³αα‘α’ α₯αα
αα α¨ααα ααα
α¨αα«α΅ααα α αα΅ αα¨α α₯αα³α αα₯ αα αα’
I lost my dog! I'm so sad.
Sam
I'm so sorry to hear that!
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
α°αα³α³α ααα αα α«αα΅?
Sam
Yes, and congratulations, and good luck! Bye bye, everyone!
αα
α¨α°α΅αα΄
α ααα₯αα α¨ ‘How do I…’ ααα
α΅ αα α₯ααα’ α°αα αα!
Learn more!
1) αα°αα½αα°αα΅ααα«ααα΅αα₯αα²αα₯ααΈαα¨ααααα₯αα΄α΅αα?
αα°αα½ ααα«α ααα΅α ααα΅α°ααα α¨αα«αααα α¨α°ααα± αα¨αα΅ α₯ααα ααΈα
- Good luck! ααα«ααα΅α
- Hope it goes well!
α₯α©α₯αα°αααα°α΅αα αα
‘I hope…’ αααHopeα₯α»ααα αααα½ααα’it’ α¨α°α£ααα°ααα α΅αα°ααα αα΅ααααααα³ααα°ααα«αααα³αα’
- Hope they go well!α₯α©α₯αα°αααα°α΅αα ααα’
‘I hope…’ αααHopeα₯α»ααα αααα½ααα’they’ α¨α°α£ααα°ααα α΅αα°ααα¨α αα΅α αααααααααααα³αα αα«α³αα°ααα½αα«αααα³αα’
- All the best! ααα«αααααα αα /α½
- Best of luck! ααα«ααα΅α
2) ααα₯αααααα½α¨αα°α αα₯αα΄α΅αα?
α°αα½ αα₯α αα α²ααα αααα³α½αα α¨ααααα α£αΈα α¨α°ααα± αα¨αα΅ α₯ααα ααΈα
- I’m sorry to hear that.α₯αα±αα΅αα°ααα αααα
α¨sorryα αα΅‘so αααα‘so very’ αα αα΅αα£α΅α΅αα΅ααα αα¨ααα΅α¨ααα½ααα’αα αα¨αα αααααα αα΅α«αααααα’
- Better luck next time. α ααα₯ααα¨α°α»ααα΅αααα αα /α½
Variations of this are ‘I wish you better luck next time!’ or ‘I hope you have better luck next time!’ α¨αα α αααα ααα½αα’αα½ ‘I wish you better luck next time!’ αααα‘I hope you have better luck next time!’ααΈαα’
αα αααα¨αααα ααα¨α αα α°αα’α¨ααααα αα΅α°αα₯αα΅ααα¨α«α α΅ααα³αα³α«αα΅α²ααααα’αα αααα¨αααα΅αααααα₯α¦α΅ααααα½α α΅αααααα αααα αα½ααα’
3) α°αα½ααα«ααααα½αα²ααα©ααα½α¨ααα°α αα₯αα΄α΅αα?
α°αα½ ααα«α αα ααα α²αα‘ α°α΅α³α½αα ααα³α¨α΅ α¨ααα ααα£αΈα α¨α°ααα± αα¨αα΅ α₯ααα ααΈα
- Congratulations!α₯αα³αα°α΅α αα½/α
αα αα¨αα α¨α΅αααα αα΅αα΅α₯αα«αααααα½ααα’αα°αα½ααα«αα©ααΆα½αααα³ααα°ααα£αα ααααα΅α₯ααα΅α«αα΅αα΅α«αααααα’α¨αα¨α°αα΅αα α αα«α³α ααΆα½αααα α ααα’
- Excellent!
- Amazing!
- Wonderful!
- Well done! αα α
- Good work! α΅αα α΅α«
- Good job αα©αα΅α«!
α₯ααα ααα¨αα½αα ααα°αα’α¨ααααα αα΅α°αα αα³α½αααα΅α΅α¬α΅α²α«α΅αααα₯ααα’ααα³αααα«αα£α°αα¨α°ααααα΅ Well done! α’αα΅ααα©α₯ααα³ααααα’
α°α ααααα¨α αα ααα½ α¨αα°α α α₯αα΄α΅ αα?
3 Questions
Choose the correct option to respond to people’s news.
αα°αα½ αα ααα½ ααα΅α α΅ α΅αααααα α αα«α ααα¨α‘α’
α΅αα
Activity
Choose the correct option to respond to people’s news.
αα°αα½ αα ααα½ ααα΅α α΅ α΅αααααα α αα«α ααα¨α‘α’
ααα
αα αα΅α΅α° αα°αα΅ α¨αα¨ααα ααα’ βa new jobβ αα α αα ααα΅ α₯α?Question 1 of 3
α΅αα
Activity
Choose the correct option to respond to people’s news.
αα°αα½ αα ααα½ ααα΅α α΅ α΅αααααα α αα«α ααα¨α‘α’
ααα
α°α°αα αα α ααα΅ ααα’ α΅ααα αα αα₯α αα ααα’Question 2 of 3
α΅αα
Activity
Choose the correct option to respond to people’s news.
αα°αα½ αα ααα½ ααα΅α α΅ α΅αααααα α αα«α ααα¨α‘α’
ααα
α¨α α²α· α΄α΅ αααΈα αααα΅ α°α΅α°α α α΅αααΈααα’Question 3 of 3
Excellent!Great job!αα₯α α₯α΅α αα₯α₯ α α΅αααα αα :
Do you have any news? Come and tell us on our Facebook group, and we’ll respond!
α αα³α½ αααα΅ αα α ααα΅? αα°αα΅α‘α αα»α½α α₯α
αα αα αααα©αα€ ααα½ α₯αα°α₯αα³ααα’
Join us for our next episode of How do I …, when we will learn more useful language and practise your listening skills.
α°α¨ααͺ α αα ααα ααααα α¨αα³αα₯ α½αα³αα ααα³α α α αα£α© How do I…, ααα
α΅ αα α₯ααα’
Session Vocabulary
a driving test
α¨ααα ααα΅ αα°αthe lottery
αα°αͺlost (past simple of ‘lose’)
αα₯αα΅α£ αα£α΅